Ras Nouadhibou

Ras Nouadhibou is a 60-kilometre peninsula or headland divided by the border between and on the African coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia
  • Locality
  • Description: peninsula
  • Also known as
    “Cabo Blanco”
    “Cap Blanc”
    “Cape Blanco”
    “South Cape Blanco”
    “White Cape”
    “White Headland”
    “رأس الأبيض”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include La Güera and Cansado.
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is a ghost town on the Atlantic coast at the… is situated 8 km northwest of Ras Nouadhibou.
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is a coastal town in north-western on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. is situated 9 km north of Ras Nouadhibou.

Ras Nouadhibou

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Latitude
20.76997° or 20° 46′ 12″ north
Longitude
-17.05019° or 17° 3′ 1″ west
Open location code
7CG4QW9X+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 469175064
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2380971
Wiki­data ID
Q1520946

Satellite Map

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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: “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: “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: “Кап Блан”
  • Russian: “Рас-Нуадибу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ras Nouadhibou”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Blanco”
  • Spanish: “Cap Blanc”
  • Spanish: “Península de Cabo Blanco”
  • Spanish: “Ras Nouadhibou”
  • Spanish: “Ras Nuadibú”
  • Swedish: “Cabo Blanco”
  • Swedish: “Ras Nouadhibou”
  • Ukrainian: “Рас-Нуадібу”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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