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The Cape of Good Hope (Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop [ˌkɑːp di ˌχujə ˈɦuəp]) [a] is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and ...
Map showing the Cape Peninsula, illustrating the positions of the Cape Town City Centre, Table Mountain, the main mountains and peaks that make up the Peninsula, and the Cape of Good Hope. The courses of the warm Agulhas current (red) along the east coast of South Africa, and the cold Benguela current (blue) along the west coast.
Cape Point is situated within the Table Mountain National Park, within a section of the park referred to as Cape of Good Hope.This section covers the whole of the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula and which takes in perhaps 20% of its total area. [3]
Map showing the Cape Peninsula, illustrating the positions of the Cape Town City Bowl, nestled between Table Mountain, Lion's Head, Devil's Peak and Table Bay, the main mountains and peaks that make up the Peninsula, and the Cape of Good Hope in the far south of the Peninsula. Most of the mountainous areas indicated in light and darker brown ...
Cape of Good Hope (left) and Cape Hangklip (right) in South Africa, from space Cape Tisan in Mersin Province, Turkey Cape Tindari and Marinello lagoons, Sicily. In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea. [1]
Roughly 29 minutes of latitude farther south than the more commonly cited Cape of Good Hope. West Cape Howe: Australia: Contains three "heads", with the easternmost Torbay Head being the southernmost point of the mainland of Western Australia. Roughly 46 minutes of latitude farther south than the more commonly cited Cape Leeuwin. South East Cape