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Three kilometres (1.8 mi) northeast of Aguilas is la Isla del Fraile (Monk Island), so named thanks to the similarity of the island's silhouette to a monk's hood. The island has a small rocky beach and a very steep geography. The top of the island gives way to a sudden drop down to the sea on the island's south side.
Cape Agulhas is located 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 around the year 1500 the direction of magnetic north (and therefore the compass needle) coincided with true north in the region. [2]
Bahía de las Águilas (Spanish: [baˈia ðe las ˈaɣilas]; literally "Eagles’ Bay"), is an 8 km-long (5 mi) beach along the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic in the province of Pedernales near the southernmost part of the border with Haiti.
Aguila is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.It is located on U.S. Route 60, 25 miles (40 km) west of Wickenburg and 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Wenden.
The sources of the Agulhas Current are the East Madagascar Current (25 Sv), the Mozambique Current (5 Sv) and a recirculated part of the south-west Indian subgyre south of Madagascar (35 Sv). [2]
Las Águilas-Jungle Park is a zoological and botanical park located near the Los Cristianos beach on the Canary Island of Tenerife.Consisting of 7.5 hectares (19 acres) of jungle with over 500 animals, the park contains a number of walking paths with tunnels, suspension bridges, waterfalls, lagoons, and caves.
Bauxite being loaded at Cabo Rojo, Dominican Republic, to be shipped elsewhere for processing; 2007. Literally meaning "Red Cape", is both a cape on the southwestern coast of the Dominican Republic, and a beach on the same location.
It is located on the southern edge of the village of L'Agulhas, in the Agulhas National Park; the light is operated by Transnet National Ports Authority. In 2016, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) identified the lighthouse as a deserving prominent historic engineering project and International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark .