Cape Delgado

Cape Delgado is a coastal promontory south of 's border with . It is the arc-shaped delta of the Rovuma River and was created from sediment deposited by the Rovuma as it empties into the Indian Ocean.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
  • Type: Cape
  • Description: coastal headland in northern Mozambique
  • Also known as: “Cabo Delgado” and “Ras Kongo”

Cape Delgado

Latitude
-10.48157° or 10° 28′ 54″ south
Longitude
40.45208° or 40° 27′ 8″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
5HX2GF92+9R
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Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swahili—“Cape Delgado” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Delgado lurmuturra”
  • Catalan: “Cap Delgado”
  • Cebuano: “Cabo Delgado”
  • Chinese: “德尔加杜角”
  • Czech: “Delgado”
  • Czech: “mys Delgado”
  • Dutch: “Cape Delgado”
  • Finnish: “Cabo Delgado (niemi)”
  • Finnish: “Cabo Delgado”
  • French: “cap Delgado”
  • French: “Cap Delgado”
  • German: “Kap Delgado”
  • Hausa: “Cape Delgado”
  • Indonesian: “Cabo Delgado”
  • Indonesian: “Cape Delgado”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung Delgado”
  • Italian: “Capo Delgado”
  • Japanese: “デルガド岬”
  • Latin: “Raptum Promontorium” (historical)
  • Northern Frisian: “Kap Delgado”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo delgado (moçambique)”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo delgado (província)”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo delgado”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Delgado”
  • Somali: “Geeska Delgado”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Delgado”
  • Swahili: “Rasi Delgado”

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