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A large headland extending into a body of water, usually the sea
Cape Cod and the islands off the Massachusetts coast, from space
Cape Tisan in Mersin Province , Turkey
Cape Tindari and Marinello lagoons, Sicily
In geography , a cape is a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water , usually the sea .[1]
A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline which makes them prone to natural forms of erosion , mainly tidal actions. This results in capes having a relatively short geological 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
Country
Cape
Significance
Albania
Cape of Gjuhëz , Karaburun Peninsula
Cape of Rodon
Antarctica
Cape Shirreff
The land in the Antarctic Treaty area closest to a non-Antarctic territory
Cape Dubouzet
Northeasternmost point of the Antarctic Peninsula
Argentina
Cape Virgenes
Australia
Cape Byron
Cape Leeuwin
Cape York
Brazil
Cape São Roque
Ponta do Seixas (Cape Branco)
Bulgaria
Cape Emine
Cape Kaliakra
Canada
Cape Breton Island , Nova Scotia
Cape Chidley , Newfoundland and Labrador / Nunavut
Cape Columbia , Nunavut
Northernmost point in Canada 83°6′41″N 69°57′30″W / 83.11139°N 69.95833°W / 83.11139; -69.95833 (Cape Columbia )
Cap Diamant , Quebec City
Cape Race , Newfoundland and Labrador
Cape Spear , Newfoundland and Labrador
Easternmost point in Canada 47°31′25″N 52°37′10″W / 47.52361°N 52.61944°W / 47.52361; -52.61944 (Cape Spear )
Murchison Promontory , Nunavut
Northern tip of mainland North America 72°00′00″N 94°38′59″W / 72.00000°N 94.64972°W / 72.00000; -94.64972
Chile
Cape Froward
Cape Horn
Northern boundary of the Drake Passage Meetingplace of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Cyprus
Cape Greco
Djibouti and Eritrea
Ras Doumeira
Northernmost point in Djibouti Southern point in Eritrea
Eritrea and Sudan
Ras Kasar
Northernmost point in Eritrea Easternmost point in Sudan
France
Cap Gris Nez
Closest point of France to England
Germany
Cape Arkona
Ghana
Cape Coast
Greece
Cape Matapan (Cape Tainaron), on Peloponnesus )
Southern tip of mainland Europe 36°23′06″N 22°28′58″E / 36.38500°N 22.48278°E / 36.38500; 22.48278
Greenland
Cape Discord
Cape Farewell
Southernmost point of Greenland 59°46′23″N 43°55′21″W / 59.77306°N 43.92250°W / 59.77306; -43.92250
Cape Morris Jesup
Northernmost point of mainland Greenland 83°37′39″N 32°39′52″W / 83.62750°N 32.66444°W / 83.62750; -32.66444
India
Cape Comorin
Southernmost point of Mainland India , at the trijunction of Arabian Sea , Bay of Bengal and, Indian Ocean .
Cabo de Rama
Diu Head
False Divi Point
False Point
Headland Sada (Goa)
Indira Point
Southernmost point of India, at the trijunction of Andaman Sea , Bay of Bengal and, the Strait of Malacca .
Palmyras Point
Point Calimere
Latvia
Cape Kolka
Liberia
Cape Mesurado
Location of Monrovia
Cape Palmas
Southernmost point in Liberia 4°22′34″N 7°43′01″W / 4.37611°N 7.71694°W / 4.37611; -7.71694
Grand Cape Mount
Mauritania
Cape Blanc
Malawi
Cape Maclear
Mexico
Cabo San Lucas , Baja California Sur
Morocco
Cape Juby
Cape Three Forks
Myanmar
Cape Negrais
Known as Pagoda Point or Mawtin Point (Mawtin Zoon). It is located 133 km to the NNE of Preparis Island and 193 km from the nearest point in the Indian union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
New Zealand
Cape Egmont
Cape Foulwind
Cape Kidnappers
Cape Reinga
East Cape
North Cape
Norway
Cape Nordkinn
Northern tip of mainland Europe 71°08′02″N 27°39′00″E / 71.13389°N 27.65000°E / 71.13389; 27.65000
North Cape
Pakistan
Ras Muari
Ras Jaddi
Portugal
Cabo da Roca
Western tip of mainland Europe 38°46′5″N 9°30′2″W / 38.76806°N 9.50056°W / 38.76806; -9.50056
Cape St. Vincent / Sagres Point
Southwestern tip of mainland Europe 37°1′30″N 8°59′40″W / 37.02500°N 8.99444°W / 37.02500; -8.99444
Philippines
Cape Engaño
Russia
Cape Chelyuskin
Northern tip of mainland Asia 77°44′0″N 104°15′0″E / 77.73333°N 104.25000°E / 77.73333; 104.25000
Cape Dezhnev
Easternmost point in mainland Asia 66°4′45″N 169°39′7″W / 66.07917°N 169.65194°W / 66.07917; -169.65194
Senegal
Cap-Vert
Westernmost point in mainland Africa 14°44′41″N 17°31′13″W / 14.74472°N 17.52028°W / 14.74472; -17.52028 Location of Dakar (capital of Senegal)
Somalia
Cape Guardafui
Second easternmost point in mainland Africa 11°49′N 51°15′E / 11.817°N 51.250°E / 11.817; 51.250
South Africa
Cape Agulhas
Southernmost point in mainland Africa 34°51′15″S 17°33′22″E / 34.85417°S 17.55611°E / -34.85417; 17.55611 Beginning of dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
Cape of Good Hope
South Korea
Seopjikoji
Spain
Cape Finisterre
Cape Trafalgar
Tunisia
Cap Bon
Ras ben Sakka
Northernmost point in mainland Africa 37°21′00″N 9°45′00″E / 37.350°N 9.750°E / 37.350; 9.750
Boto
Turkey
Cape Baba
Western tip of mainland Asia 39°28′46.88″N 26°3′50.29″E / 39.4796889°N 26.0639694°E / 39.4796889; 26.0639694
Sarayburnu , İstanbul
Easternmost point of Istanbul Separates the Golden Horn Bay from the Sea of Marmara 41°01′01″N 28°59′11″E / 41.0169°N 28.9864°E / 41.0169; 28.9864
United Kingdom
Cape Cornwall , Cornwall
Cape Wrath , Scotland
United States
Cape Ann , Massachusetts
Cape Canaveral , Florida
Location of Kennedy Space Center
Cape Charles , Virginia
Cape Cod , Massachusetts
Cape Coral , Florida
Cape Fear , North Carolina
Cape Flattery , Washington
Northwest point of the contiguous United States
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Capes on the Mississippi River
Cape Hatteras , North Carolina
Cape Henlopen , Delaware
Cape Henry , Virginia
Cape Lookout , North Carolina
Cape May , New Jersey
Cape Prince of Wales , Alaska
Cape San Blas , Florida
Cape Elizabeth , Maine
Cape Sable , Florida
Southernmost point of the contiguous United States 25°7′6″N 81°5′11″W / 25.11833°N 81.08639°W / 25.11833; -81.08639 (Cape Sable )
Venezuela
Cape San Román
Northernmost point of Paraguaná Peninsula 12°11′46″N 70°0′59″W / 12.19611°N 70.01639°W / 12.19611; -70.01639
Vietnam
Mũi Né
Gallery
Cape Cornwall, England
Satellite image of Cape Fear, North Carolina
Cape McLear, Malawi
Map depicting Cape Horn at the southernmost portion of South America
Photograph of Cabo Mayor in Santander, Spain
Photograph of Cape Cambell, New Zealand, at sunrise
See also
References
^ Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography . London: Penguin, 1984, p. 80. ISBN 0-14-051094-X .
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