Cape (geography)
In geography, a cape is a headland or promontory of significant size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.[1] A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline. Their proximity to the coastline makes them prone to natural forms of erosion, mainly tidal actions. This results in capes having a relatively short geologic lifespan. Capes can be formed by glaciers, volcanoes, and changes in sea level. Erosion plays a large role in each of these methods of formation.[citation needed]
List of some well-known capes
- Africa
- Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas in South Africa
- Cape Juby in Morocco
- Cape Three Forks in Moroco
- Cape Guardafui in Somalia
- Cap-Vert in Senegal
- Cape Blanc in Mauritania
- Ras Kasar on the Eritrea–Sudan border
- Europe
- Cape of Gjuhëz in Karaburun Peninsula, Albania
- Cape of Rodon in central Albania
- Cabo da Roca in Portugal (Western tip of mainland Europe)
- Cabo de São Vicente / Sagres in Portugal (Southwestern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Arkona in Germany
- Cape Finisterre in Spain
- North Cape in Norway (Northern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Wrath in Scotland
- Cape Cornwall in Cornwall
- Cap Gris Nez in France
- Pointe du Raz in France
- Cape Tainaron in Greece (Southern tip of mainland Europe)
- Cape Emine in Bulgaria
- Cape Kaliakra in Bulgaria
- Cape Greco in Cyprus
- Sarayburnu in Turkey, famous cape in İstanbul and the eastest point of historical city.
- Asia
- Kanyakumari or Cape Comorin in Tamil Nadu, India
- Cape Engano on the Philippines
- Cape Dezhnev in Russia
- Cape Baba in Turkey (The westernmost point of Asia)
- North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- Cape Ann in Massachusetts, USA
- Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA
- Cape Charles in Virginia, USA
- Cape Chidley in Newfoundland and Labrador/Nunavut, Canada
- Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA
- Cape Columbia, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost point
- Cape Coral, in Florida, USA
- Cap Diamant (aka Cape Diamond), in Quebec City, Canada
- Cape Farewell, Greenland's southernmost point
- Cape Fear in North Carolina, USA
- Cape Flattery in Washington, USA, farthest northwest point of the contiguous (lower 48)
- Cape Hatteras in North Carolina, USA
- Cape Henry in Virginia, USA
- Cape Lookout in North Carolina, USA
- Cape May in New Jersey, USA
- Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska, USA
- Cape Race, in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Cabo San Lucas, in Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Cape Spear in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada's easternmost point
- South America
- Cape Froward in Chile
- Cape Horn in Chile
- Cape San Roman, Paraguana's northernmost point
- Cape Virgenes in Argentina
See also
References
- ^ Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984, p. 80. ISBN 0-14-051094-X.
