Cape Bon
Cape Bon, also known as Res et-Teib, Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. Cape Bon is also the name of the northernmost point on the peninsula, also known as Res ed-Der, and known in antiquity as the Cape of Mercury or Cape Hermaeum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Tunisia
- Also known as: “Al-Dakhā”, “Cap Bon”, “Cap Hermes des Grecs”, “Cap Mercure des Latins”, “Ra’s aţ Ţīb”, “Ra’s Maddār”, “Ras Addar”, and “Rass Adder”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Haouaria.
El Haouaria
Village
Photo: Asram, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Haouaria is a coastal town and commune in the Nabeul Governorate, situated in north-eastern Tunisia. As of 2004 it had a population of 9,273.
Cape Bon
- Category: landform
- Location: Nabeul Governorate, Tunisia, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
37.08362° or 37° 5′ 1″ northLongitude
11.04166° or 11° 2′ 30″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8F9H32MR+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 4812200001OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cape Bon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الرأس الطيب”
- Arabic: “الوطن القبلي”
- Arabic: “رأس الدار”
- Arabic: “كاب بون”
- Azerbaijani: “Bon yarımadası”
- Basque: “Bon lurmuturra”
- Belarusian: “Бон”
- Belarusian: “Паўвостраў Бон”
- Bulgarian: “Бон”
- Bulgarian: “Кап Бон”
- Bulgarian: “Полуостров Бон”
- Bulgarian: “Хермей”
- Catalan: “Cap Bon”
- Catalan: “Península de Cap Bon”
- Catalan: “Ras al-Tib”
- Cebuano: “Cape Bon”
- Chinese: “加彭半岛”
- Chinese: “加彭半島”
- Chinese: “卡本半岛”
- Chinese: “卡本半島”
- Chinese: “舍里克半岛”
- Chinese: “舍里克半島”
- Chinese: “邦角半岛”
- Chinese: “邦角半島”
- Czech: “Bon”
- Czech: “mys Bon”
- Danish: “Kap Bon”
- Dutch: “Cap Bon”
- Dutch: “Kaap Bon”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Bon”
- Finnish: “Cap Bon”
- French: “cap Bon”
- French: “Cap Bon”
- Galician: “Cabo Bon”
- German: “Cap Bon”
- German: “Kap Bon”
- Hebrew: “כף בון”
- Hungarian: “Cap Bon”
- Indonesian: “Cape Bon”
- Indonesian: “Tanjung Bon”
- Italian: “Cap Bon”
- Italian: “Capo Bon”
- Japanese: “ボン岬”
- Japanese: “ボン岬半島”
- Javanese: “Ujung Cap Bon”
- Lithuanian: “Bono kyšulys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Bon”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Bon”
- Polish: “Al-Watan al-Kibli”
- Polish: “Ar-Ras at-Tajjib”
- Polish: “Cap Bon”
- Polish: “Przylądek Bon”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Bon”
- Romanian: “Capul Bon”
- Russian: “Бон”
- Russian: “Кап-Бон”
- Russian: “Мыс Бон”
- Russian: “Эт-Тиб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bon (poluotok)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Bon”
- Slovenian: “Polotok Bon”
- Spanish: “Cabo Bon”
- Swedish: “Kap Bon”
- Turkish: “Resü’t Tayyib Burnu”
- Turkish: “Resü’t-Tayyib Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Бон”
- Welsh: “Cap Bon”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include ناظور الرأس الطيب and Jabal Sayyidi Abu Al-Abyad.
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