Ras Nouadhibou
Ras Nouadhibou is a 60-kilometre peninsula or headland divided by the border between Mauritania and Western Sahara on the African coast of the Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: peninsula
- Also known as: “Cabo Blanco”, “Cap Blanc”, “Cape Blanco”, “Râs Nouâdhibou”, “South Cape Blanco”, “White Cape”, and “White Headland”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Güera and Cansado.
La Güera
Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 es.
La Güera is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula which is split in two by the Mauritania–Western Sahara border, 15 kilometres west of Nouadhibou. La Güera is situated 8 km northwest of Ras Nouadhibou.
Cansado
Town
Photo: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cansado is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. Cansado is situated 9 km north of Ras Nouadhibou.
Ras Nouadhibou
- Categories: peninsula, tourism, cape, and tourist attraction
- Location: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, Mauritania, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
20.76997° or 20° 46′ 12″ northLongitude
-17.05019° or 17° 3′ 1″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
7CG4QW9X+XWOpenStreetMap ID
node 469175064OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Ras Nouadhibou” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Cabo Blanco”
- Afrikaans: “Cabo Branco”
- Afrikaans: “Cap Blanc”
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Blanco”
- Afrikaans: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Arabic: “رأس نواذيبو”
- Azerbaijani: “Ras-Naudibu”
- Breton: “Kab Gwenn”
- Breton: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Catalan: “cap Blanc”
- Catalan: “Cap Blanc”
- Catalan: “Ras Noudhibou”
- Cebuano: “Cabo Blanco”
- Chinese: “努瓦迪布角”
- Chinese: “拉斯努瓦迪布”
- Czech: “Bílý mys”
- Dutch: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Esperanto: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Esperanto: “Ras Nuadibu”
- Finnish: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- French: “Baie du lévrier”
- French: “cap Blanc”
- French: “Cap Blanc”
- French: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- German: “Ra’s Nuwadhibu”
- German: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- German: “Weißes Kap”
- Hebrew: “ראס נואדיבו”
- Italian: “Cabo Blanco”
- Italian: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Japanese: “カボ・ブラン”
- Japanese: “カボ・ブランコ (モーリタニア)”
- Japanese: “ヌアディブー岬”
- Japanese: “ブランコ岬 (アフリカ)”
- Japanese: “ブランコ岬（モーリタニア）”
- Japanese: “ラス・ヌアディブー”
- Japanese: “ラスヌアディブ半島”
- Korean: “라스 누아디부”
- Lithuanian: “Nuadibu kyšulys”
- Moroccan Arabic: “الراس تاع نواذيبو”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Norwegian: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Ossetian: “Рас-Нуадибу”
- Persian: “رأس نواذیبو”
- Polish: “Przylądek Biały”
- Polish: “Ras Nawazibu”
- Polish: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Blanco”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Branco”
- Portuguese: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Russian: “Кабо Бланка”
- Russian: “Кабо-Бланка”
- Russian: “Кап Блан”
- Russian: “Кап-Блан”
- Russian: “Капблан”
- Russian: “Рас Нуадибу”
- Russian: “Рас-Нуадибу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Spanish: “Cabo Blanco”
- Spanish: “Cap Blanc”
- Spanish: “Peninsula de Cabo Blanco”
- Spanish: “Península de Cabo Blanco”
- Spanish: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Spanish: “Ras Nuadibú”
- Swedish: “Cabo Blanco”
- Swedish: “Ras Nouadhibou”
- Ukrainian: “Рас-Нуадібу”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pointe de l’Opéra and نقطة بورتا إليا.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monk Seal Protection and Old Lighthouse.
Mauritania: Must-Visit Destinations
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