Punta del Águila
Punta del Águila is a point in Western Sahara. Punta del Águila is situated nearby to the town La Güera, as well as near the hamlet Falso Cabo Blanco.Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Güera and Ras Nouadhibou.
La Güera
Town
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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.
Ras Nouadhibou
Locality
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. Ras Nouadhibou is situated 6 km southeast of Punta del Águila.
Cansado
Town
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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 6 km northeast of Punta del Águila.
Punta del Águila
- Type: Point
- Also known as: “Punta del Aguila”
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Sahara, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Punta del Águila” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Punta del Águila”
- Italian: “punta del Águila”
- Swedish: “Punta del Águila”
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