Africa
Cape Agulhas is the southern most point of the African continent.
Cape Agulhas is the southern most point on the African continent.
Cape Agulhas is the southern most point on the African continent.
Africa
Cape Agulhas
Cape Agulhas
its the southern most point of the African continent
The Indian Ocean stretches approximately 4,300 miles from the southernmost point of Africa (Cape Agulhas) to the southernmost point of Australia (South East Cape in Tasmania).
Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point in the continent of Africa. It is located at 34°50′00″S 20°00′09.15″E / -34.833333, 20.0025417 in the Overberg region, 170 kilometres (105 mi) southeast of Cape Town. The cape was named by Portuguese navigators, who called it Cabo das Agulhas - Portuguese for "Cape of Needles" - after noticing that the direction of magnetic north coincided with true north in the region.[1] The cape is within the Cape Agulhas Municipality of the Western Cape province of South Africa.[2]
The four extreme points of the African continent are: Northernmost point: Ras ben Sakka in Tunisia Southernmost point: Cape Agulhas in South Africa Westernmost point: Pointe des Almadies in Senegal Easternmost point: Cape Dezhnev in Russia (though part of the African Plate)
Cape Aghulus is the southernmost cape and point of land on the African continent.
The southernmost tip of the African continent is Cape L'Agulhas (commonly called Cape Agulhas) and is located within the Republic of South Africa. At this point the Indian Ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean.Cape Agulhas, is located about 200km to the east of (and south of) Cape Town. The town of Agulhas is relatively small and has a small tourist industry, a lot less that Cape Point(due south of Cape Town), mainly due to its distance away from the normal tour routes.Cape Agulhas (southern most tip of the African continent) - 34°50'0.58"S 20° 0'0.56"E