Ghana
Western Region
Ahanta West Municipal District

Cape Three Points

Cape Three Points is a small peninsula and a fishing village in the , Western Region of on the Atlantic Ocean. It forms the southernmost tip of Ghana.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: cape in Ghana
  • Also known as: “Gross Friedrichsburg”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akwidaa and Prusi.

Photo: aripeskoe2, CC BY 2.0.
is a small town and fishing village in Ahanta West district, of . It is one of the southernmost places in Ghana. The part of town near the Gulf of Guinea, known as Akiwidaa Old Town, suffers from flooding and erosion as a result of climate change.

Village
Photo: Obruni, CC BY 3.0.
Princes Town or Pokesu is located 5 km east of Fort Saint Antonio on Manfro Hill in the Ahanta West District of the Western Region of south , Africa. is situated 8 km northwest of Cape Three Points.

Cape Three Points

Latitude
4.73981° or 4° 44′ 23″ north
Longitude
-2.09171° or 2° 5′ 30″ west
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
6CPVPWQ5+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 443416530
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
2294634
Wiki­data ID
Q1261417
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Cape Three Points” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رأس ثلاث نقاط”
  • Cebuano: “Cape Three Points”
  • Czech: “Cape Three Points”
  • Czech: “Trojhrotý mys”
  • Dutch: “Cape Three Points”
  • French: “cap des Trois-Pointes”
  • French: “Cap des Trois-Pointes”
  • German: “Kap der drei Spitzen”
  • German: “Groß Friedrichsburg” (historical)
  • Italian: “Capo Three Points”
  • Japanese: “スリー・ポインツ岬”
  • Japanese: “スリーポインツ岬”
  • Japanese: “スリーポイント岬”
  • Latin: “Promontorium Trium Cuspidum”
  • Lithuanian: “Trijų Taškų kyšulys”
  • Persian: “خاکپوز سه نقطه”
  • Persian: “دماغه سه نقطه”
  • Polish: “Cape Three Points”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo de Três Pontas”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Três Pontos”
  • Russian: “Три-Пойнтс”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de Tres Puntos”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Tres Puntas”
  • Swedish: “Cape Three Points”
  • Turkish: “Üç Nokta Burnu”

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Localities in the Area

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape Three Points”. Photo: FreddieA, CC BY-SA 4.0.