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Cape Agulhas Local Municipality

Cape Agulhas

Cape Agulhas is a rocky headland in , South Africa. It is the geographic southern tip of and the beginning of the traditional dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans according to the International Hydrographic Organization.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: headland in the Western Cape, South Africa, the southernmost point of mainland Africa
  • Also known as: “Agulhas”, “Cape L’Agulhas”, and “Southernmost Tip of Africa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Agulhas Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Dewet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa. At 171 years old, it is the third-built lighthouse in South Africa, and the second-oldest still operating, after .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suiderstrand and Hotagterklip.

Village
is a settlement in in the province of . is surrounded by the , home to vast diversity of mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and world-famous endemic fynbos. is situated 4½ km northwest of Cape Agulhas.

Hamlet
is a small hamlet on the coast, close to the village of in the . ‘Hotagterklip’ is the Afrikaans not'left rear stone'. is situated 6 km northeast of Cape Agulhas.

Cape Agulhas

Latitude
-34.83329° or 34° 49′ 60″ south
Longitude
19.99994° or 19° 59′ 60″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
4FQX5X8X+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 32532727
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
1023516
Wiki­data ID
Q4085
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Cape Agulhas” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kaap Agulhas”
  • Arabic: “رأس أقولاس”
  • Armenian: “Ասեղի հրվանդան”
  • Armenian: “Քեյփ Ագուլիյաշ”
  • Asturian: “Cabu de les Aguyes”
  • Azerbaijani: “İynə burnu”
  • Basque: “Agulhas lurmuturra”
  • Belarusian: “Іголкавы мыс”
  • Breton: “Kab ar Pikernigoù”
  • Bulgarian: “Иглен нос”
  • Catalan: “cap Agulhas”
  • Catalan: “Cap Agulhas”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Agulhas (punta)”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Agulhas”
  • Chinese: “厄加勒斯角”
  • Chinese: “阿加勒斯角”
  • Croatian: “Agulhaški rt”
  • Czech: “Střelkový mys”
  • Danish: “Kap Agulhas”
  • Dutch: “Kaap Agulhas”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo Aguljas”
  • Estonian: “Nõelaneem”
  • Finnish: “Cape Agulhas”
  • French: “cap des Aiguilles”
  • French: “Cap des Aiguilles”
  • Galician: “Cabo Agullas”
  • Georgian: “ნემსის კონცხი”
  • German: “Kap Agulhas”
  • German: “Nadelkap”
  • Greek: “Αγκούλας”
  • Greek: “Αγκούλιας”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Αγκούλας”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Αγκούλιας”
  • Hausa: “Cape Agulhas”
  • Hebrew: “כף אגולס”
  • Hindi: “एगुलस अन्तरीप”
  • Hungarian: “Tű-fok”
  • Ido: “Kabo Agulhas”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung Agulhas”
  • Italian: “Cape Agulhas”
  • Italian: “Cape l’Agulhas”
  • Italian: “Capo Agulhas”
  • Italian: “Kaap Agulhas”
  • Japanese: “アガラス岬”
  • Kabardian: “Агулас”
  • Kazakh: “Ине мүйісі”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Игольнӧй”
  • Korean: “아굴라스곶”
  • Latvian: “Adatas rags”
  • Lithuanian: “Adatos kyšulys”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kap Agulhas”
  • Macedonian: “Иглен ’Рт”
  • Marathi: “केप अगुल्हास”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Agulhas”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Agulhas”
  • Norwegian: “Kapp Agulhas”
  • Persian: “دماغه آگولاس”
  • Polish: “Agulhas”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Igielny”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Agulhas”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo das Agulhas”
  • Romanian: “Capul Acelor”
  • Russian: “Агульяс”
  • Russian: “Агульяш”
  • Russian: “Игольный мыс”
  • Russian: “Игольный”
  • Russian: “мыс Игольный”
  • Scots: “Cape Agulhas”
  • Serbian: “Иглени рт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aguljaski rt”
  • Slovak: “Strelkový mys”
  • Slovenian: “Agulhas”
  • Slovenian: “rt Agulhas”
  • Slovenian: “Rt Agulhas”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Agulhas”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de las Agujas”
  • Swedish: “Agulhas”
  • Swedish: “Kap Agulhas”
  • Tamil: “அகுல்யாசு முனை”
  • Thai: “แหลมอะกะลัส”
  • Turkish: “Agulhas Burnu”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Голковий”
  • Uzbek: “Agulyas”
  • Vietnamese: “Agulhas”
  • Vietnamese: “Mũi Agulhas”
  • Vietnamese: “Mũi cực nam của châu Phi”
  • Vietnamese: “Mũi L’Agulhas”
  • Yue Chinese: “阿加勒斯角”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The southernmost tip of Africa and the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. and African Continent Monument.

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