Cape Verde
Cap-Vert, or the Cape Verde Peninsula, and Kap Weert or Bopp bu Nëtëx, is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Senegal
- Also known as: “Cabo Verde Peninsula”, “Cap Vert”, “Cap-Vert”, and “Cape Verde Peninsula”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Les Mamelles Lighthouse.
Les Mamelles Lighthouse
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
Les Mamelles Lighthouse is a strategically important lighthouse situated near Cap Vert, the westernmost point of Africa, on the outskirts of Dakar the capital of Senegal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almadies Arrondissement and Almadi Point.
Almadies Arrondissement
Neighborhood
Almadies Arrondissement is an arrondissement of the Dakar Department in the Dakar Region of Senegal. Almadies is considered the most upmarket residential neighbourhood in Central & Western Africa and it holds the residences of numerous foreign Ambassadors and expatriates.
Almadi Point
Locality
Pointe des Almadies or Point Almadies is the westernmost point on the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasian landmass, lying at 17.5 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, 8 degrees further west than Cabo da Roca, mainland Europe's westernmost point.
Yoff
Neighborhood
Photo: Arensond, Public domain.
Yoff is a town, part of the city of Dakar, located in Senegal. It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport.
Cape Verde
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.74537° or 14° 44′ 43″ northLongitude
-17.52384° or 17° 31′ 26″ westElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
7C64PFWG+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3504112638OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Cape Verde” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cap Vert”
- Afrikaans: “Cap-Vert”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة الرأس الأخضر”
- Armenian: “Կանաչ հրվանդան”
- Azerbaijani: “Kap Vert yarımadası”
- Basque: “Cap-Vert”
- Belarusian: “Альмадзі”
- Belarusian: “Зялёны мыс”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Зялёны мыс”
- Breton: “Gourenez ar C’hab Glas”
- Breton: “Ledenez ar C’hab Glas”
- Catalan: “península de Cap Verd”
- Catalan: “Península de Cap Verd”
- Cebuano: “Cap Vert (punta)”
- Cebuano: “Cap Vert”
- Chinese: “佛得角半岛”
- Chinese: “佛得角半島”
- Chinese: “維德角半島”
- Croatian: “Zeleni rt”
- Czech: “Cap Vert”
- Czech: “Cap-Vert”
- Czech: “Zelený mys”
- Danish: “Cap Vert”
- Dutch: “Kaap Verde”
- Esperanto: “Cap Vert”
- Esperanto: “Cap-Vert”
- Esperanto: “Verda Kabo”
- Estonian: “Roheneem”
- Finnish: “Kap Verde”
- French: “Cap Vert”
- French: “Péninsule du Cap-Vert”
- French: “Presqu’ile du cap Vert”
- French: “Presqu’île du cap vert”
- French: “Presqu’île du Cap-Vert”
- French: “presque’île du Cap-Vert”
- Galician: “Península de Cabo Verde”
- German: “Cabo Verde”
- German: “Cap Vert”
- German: “Cap-Vert”
- German: “Kap Vert”
- German: “Kap-Vert-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “כף ור”
- Hebrew: “קאפ ור”
- Hebrew: “קאפ-ור”
- Hungarian: “Afrika legnyugatibb pontja”
- Hungarian: “Zöld-fok”
- Icelandic: “Grænhöfði”
- Interlingua: “Cap Vert”
- Italian: “Capo Verde”
- Italian: “Penisola di Capo Verde”
- Japanese: “ヴェルデ岬”
- Japanese: “ベルデ岬”
- Kazakh: “Жасыл мүйіс”
- Korean: “베르데 곶”
- Korean: “베르데곶”
- Latin: “Caput Viride”
- Latin: “Promunturium Viride”
- Lithuanian: “Žaliasis kyšulys”
- Mongolian: “Ногоон хошуу”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Verdehalvøya”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Verdehalvøya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cap verd”
- Polish: “Przylądek Zielony”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Verde”
- Portuguese: “Cap-Vert”
- Portuguese: “Península do Cabo Verde”
- Russian: “Зеленый мыс”
- Russian: “Зелёный Мыс”
- Russian: “Кап-Вер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zeleni rt”
- Slovak: “Cap Vert”
- Slovak: “Cap-Vert”
- Slovak: “Zelený mys”
- Slovenian: “Cabo Verde”
- Slovenian: “Zeleni rt”
- Spanish: “Cabo Verde”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Cabo Verde”
- Spanish: “Península de Cabo Verde”
- Swedish: “Cabo Verde”
- Swedish: “Cap Vert”
- Swedish: “Cap-Vert”
- Swedish: “Kap Verde-halvön”
- Swedish: “Kap Verdehalvön”
- Tatar: “Яшел Борын”
- Turkish: “Cap-Vert”
- Ukrainian: “Зелений Мис”
- Ukrainian: “Зеленого Мису півострів”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Cap Vert”
- Welsh: “Cap-Vert”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Cape Verde”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ngor and Cité Cheikh Amar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Résidence de l’ambassadeur du Burkina Faso and Embassy of the United States of America.
Senegal: Must-Visit Destinations
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