Cape Guardafui

Cape Guardafui is a headland in , in the federal state of . It forms the geographical apex of the . Its shore at 51°27'52"E is the second easternmost point on mainland Africa after .
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  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 9 metres (30 feet)
  • Description: cape
  • Also known as
    “‘Asäyr”
    “Gees Guardafui”
    “Guardafui رأس عسير”
    “Ras Asèr”
    “Ras Assir”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lighthouse Francesco Crispi.

Lighthouse
Photo: Timlash, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cape Guardafui

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Latitude
11.83327° or 11° 49′ 60″ north
Longitude
51.28588° or 51° 17′ 9″ east
Open location code
7H3HR7MP+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313930670
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
57661
Wiki­data ID
Q1145030

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Cape Guardafui” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رأس الفيل”
  • Arabic: “رأس عسير”
  • Arabic: “رأس فيلوك‎”
  • Arabic: “راس عسير”
  • Armenian: “Գվարդաֆույ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qvardafuy burnu”
  • Bavarian: “Kap Guardafui”
  • Belarusian: “Гвардафуй”
  • Belarusian: “мыс Гвардафуй”
  • Belarusian: “Мыс Гвардафуй”
  • Catalan: “Cap Guardafui”
  • Catalan: “Guardafui”
  • Cebuano: “Ras Asir”
  • Chinese: “瓜达富伊角”
  • Chinese: “瓜達富伊角”
  • Czech: “Guardafui”
  • Dutch: “Cape Guardafui”
  • Dutch: “Kaap Guardafui”
  • Estonian: “Aromatum Promontorium”
  • Estonian: “Caseyri neem”
  • Estonian: “Gees Gwardafuy”
  • Estonian: “Guardafui neem”
  • Estonian: “Guardafui”
  • Estonian: “Ras Asir”
  • Finnish: “Kap Guardafui”
  • French: “cap Gardafui”
  • French: “Cap Gardafui”
  • French: “Cap Guardafui”
  • German: “Kap Guardafui”
  • Hausa: “Cape Guardafui”
  • Italian: “Capo Guardafui”
  • Japanese: “アシール岬”
  • Japanese: “アシル岬”
  • Japanese: “ガルダフィ岬”
  • Japanese: “グアルダフィ岬”
  • Japanese: “グワルダフィ岬”
  • Kabardian: “Гуардафуй”
  • Kirghiz: “Гвардафей”
  • Kirghiz: “Гвардафуи Асир”
  • Latin: “Aromata promontorium” (historical)
  • Latin: “Promontorium Aromata”
  • Latvian: “Gvardafui rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Gvardafujaus kyšulys”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cap Guardafui”
  • Polish: “Gees Gwardafuy”
  • Polish: “Ghardafuj”
  • Polish: “Guardafui”
  • Polish: “Gwardafuy”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Ghardafuj”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Guardafui”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Gwardafuy”
  • Polish: “Ras Ghardafuj”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Guardafui”
  • Portuguese: “Capo Guardafui”
  • Romanian: “Capul Guardafui”
  • Russian: “Асир n”
  • Russian: “Гвардафуй”
  • Russian: “Рас-Айсер”
  • Slovenian: “rt Guardafui”
  • Slovenian: “Slonji rt”
  • Somali: “Gees Gwardafuy”
  • Somali: “Raas Caseyr”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Guardafui”
  • Spanish: “Guardafui”
  • Spanish: “Guardafuí”
  • Swedish: “Aromata”
  • Swedish: “Kap Gardafai”
  • Swedish: “Kap Guardafui”
  • Swedish: “Ras Asir”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Гардафуй”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Гвардафуй”
  • Urdu: “راس عسیر”
  • Uzbek: “Gvardafuy”
  • Vietnamese: “Mũi Guardafui”

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