Cape Verde
Cap-Vert also known as the Cape Verde Peninsula to distinguish it from the nearby archipelagic country of Cape Verde, is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Cape
- Description: peninsula in Senegal
- Also known as: “Afrika legnyugatibb pontja”, “Cabo Verde Peninsula”, “Cap-Vert”, “Cape Verde Peninsula”, “Kap-Vert-Halbinsel”, “Ledenez ar C’hab Glas”, “Peninsula de Cabo Verde”, “Península do Cabo Verde”, “Péninsule du Cap-Vert”, “Presqu’ile du cap Vert”, “Presqu’île du cap vert”, “Альмадзі”, “Зеленого Мису півострів”, “Зеленый мыс”, “כף ור”, “קאפ ור”, and “ベルデ岬”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Les Mamelles Lighthouse.
Les Mamelles Lighthouse
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Almadies Arrondissement and Cape Almadi.
Almadies Arrondissement
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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Neighborhood
Photo: Arensond, Public domain.Cape Verde
- Categories: peninsula and landform
- Location: Dakar, Senegal, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
14.74537° or 14° 44′ 43″ north
Longitude
-17.52384° or 17° 31′ 26″ west
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
7C64PFWG+4F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة الرأس الأخضر”
- Armenian: “Կանաչ հրվանդան”
- Azerbaijani: “Kap Vert yarımadası”
- Basque: “Cap-Vert”
- Belarusian: “Зялёны мыс”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Зялёны мыс”
- Breton: “Gourenez ar C’hab Glas”
- Bulgarian: “Кап Вер”
- 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: “Zelený mys”
- Danish: “Cap Vert”
- Dutch: “Kaap Verde”
- Esperanto: “Verda Kabo”
- Estonian: “Roheneem”
- Finnish: “Kap Verde”
- French: “Cap Vert”
- French: “Presqu’île du Cap-Vert”
- French: “presque’île du Cap-Vert”
- Galician: “Península de Cabo Verde”
- German: “Cap Vert”
- German: “Kap Vert”
- Hebrew: “קאפ-ור”
- Hungarian: “Zöld-fok”
- Icelandic: “Grænhöfði”
- Interlingua: “Cap Vert”
- Italian: “Capo Verde”
- Italian: “Penisola di Capo Verde”
- Japanese: “ヴェルデ岬”
- Kabyle: “tazunegzirt n Yixef Azegza”
- 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”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Verdehalvøya”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cap verd”
- Persian: “کپ-ور”
- Polish: “Przylądek Zielony”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Verde”
- Russian: “Зелёный Мыс”
- Russian: “Кап-Вер”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zeleni rt”
- Slovak: “Zelený mys”
- Slovenian: “Zeleni rt”
- Spanish: “Cabo Verde”
- Swedish: “Kap Verde-halvön”
- Swedish: “Kap Verdehalvön”
- Tatar: “Яшел Борын”
- Turkish: “Cap-Vert”
- Ukrainian: “Зелений Мис”
- Urdu: “کاپ ورت”
- Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Cap Vert”
- Welsh: “Cap-Vert”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ngor and Cité Cheikh Amar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Résidence de l’ambassadeur du Burkina Faso and Embassy of the United States of America.
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Worth a closer look: Dakar and Saint-Louis.
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