Cape Agulhas - 34°50'0.58"S 20° 0'0.56"E
This is not only the southern most tip of South Africa, but also of the African continent.
Cape Agulhas, this 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 (situated closer to the city of Cape Town), mainly due to its distance away from the normal tour routes.
Cape Agulhas is also the meeting point of two ocean currents, the warm Indian ocean current which travels down the east coast of Africa and the cold Benguela current which travels down the west coast of Africa. This gives rise to the frequent mist/ fog off of the coast.
The marker beacon is realatively small and is constructed of stone, it is situated in the Agulhas National Park which is just outside the town.
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off the coast of South Africa
No, Cape of Good Hope is a historical geographical term used to describe the Cape peninsula in South Africa. South Africa is the southernmost country in Africa and has three capital cities: Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Cape Town (which is situated on the Cape peninsula).
Cape Aghullus is the most southern tip of Africa
Cape Aguihas is the southern tip of Africa. It acts as the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
The Cape of Good Hope of Kaap de Goode Hoop (Dutch) is a geographic region at the south west tip of South Africa. It refers to the current area of the Cape Pensinsula
The main difference between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn is their locations. The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa while Cape Horn is located off the coast of southern Chile. They both have hazardous waters.
Cape of good hope and Cape Agulhas are two capes in South Africa!
You need to be quite careful when interpreting this answer. "The Cape of Good Hope" is a broad geographic term that was once used in nautical terms to describe the Cape Peninsula in general, e.g. Rounding of the Cape of Good Hope. In this respect then the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Town are one and the same. There is still, however, a small section within the Cape Point Nature Reserve that uses this name and so it is therefore possible to provide a distance from the centre of Cape Town to this point, which is approximately 48km (as the crow flies).
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African continent
Africa continent
The Cape of Good Hope is located in Africa, at the southern tip of the continent.
It is near the southern tip of Africa, and the storms there made it a difficult place for early sailing ships.
The Cape of Good Hope of Kaap de Goode Hoop (Dutch) is a geographic region at the south west tip of South Africa. It refers to the current area of the Cape Pensinsula
The main difference between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn is their locations. The Cape of Good Hope is located in South Africa while Cape Horn is located off the coast of southern Chile. They both have hazardous waters.
The Cape of Good Hope - is the southern tip of South Africa !
Cape Horn is on the southern tip of Chile, South America. Cape of Good Hope is on the southern tip of South Africa.
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The African Continent
southern africa
When the Pequod rounded the Cape of Good Hope, it was near the continent of Africa.