Cape Verde

Cap-Vert also known as the Cape Verde Peninsula to distinguish it from the nearby archipelagic country of , is a peninsula in and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland.
Wikipedia
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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.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
is a strategically important lighthouse situated near Cap Vert, the westernmost point of Africa, on the outskirts of the capital of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almadies Arrondissement and Cape Almadi.

Neighborhood
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is an arrondissement of the Dakar Department in the Dakar Region of . Almadies is considered the most upmarket residential neighbourhood in Central & Western Africa and it holds the residences of numerous foreign Ambassadors and expatriates.

Locality
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Pointe des Almadies or Point Almadies is the westernmost point on the continent of and of the Afro-Eurasian landmass, lying at 17.5 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, 8 degrees further west than , mainland Europe's westernmost point.

Neighborhood
Photo: Arensond, Public domain.
is a town, part of the city of , located in . It lies north of downtown Dakar and immediately north of .

Cape Verde

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
node 3504112638
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Geo­Names ID
2244112
Wiki­data ID
Q216889
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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Verde from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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: “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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “کاپ ورت”
  • Vietnamese: “Bán đảo Cap Vert”
  • Welsh: “Cap-Vert”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Résidence de l’ambassadeur du Burkina Faso and Embassy of the United States of America.

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