Cape Trafalgar
Cape Trafalgar is a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain. The 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson decisively defeated Napoleon's combined Spanish and French fleet, took place just off the cape.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jsanchezes, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tumba megalítica de Trafalgar and Tómbolo de Trafalgar.
Tómbolo de Trafalgar
Archaeological site
Photo: Karton82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tómbolo de Trafalgar is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Los Caños de Meca and Vejer de la Frontera.
Los Caños de Meca
Quarter
Photo: Cear2002, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Los Caños de Meca is a small seaside village to the east of Cape Trafalgar on the Costa de la Luz of Spain. It is part of the Province of Cádiz and the autonomous region of Andalusia.
Vejer de la Frontera
Town
Photo: Dietmar Giljohann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vejer de la Frontera is a Spanish hilltop town and municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, on the right bank of the river Barbate. The town of Vejer de la Frontera occupies a low hill overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar and surrounded by orchards and orange groves. Vejer de la Frontera is situated 10 km northeast of Cape Trafalgar.
Cape Trafalgar
Latitude
36.18223° or 36° 10′ 56″ northLongitude
-6.03322° or 6° 1′ 60″ westElevation
-3 metres (-10 feet)Open location code
8C8M5XJ8+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2619450209OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2510212Wikidata ID
Q203950
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Cape Trafalgar” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kepi Trafalgar”
- Arabic: “رأس الطرف الأغر”
- Arabic: “رأس طرف الغار”
- Asturian: “Cabu Trafalgar”
- Azerbaijani: “Trafalqar burnu”
- Basque: “Trafalgar”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Трафальгар”
- Belarusian: “Трафальгар”
- Bosnian: “Trafalgar”
- Breton: “Kab Trafalgar”
- Bulgarian: “Трафалгар”
- Catalan: “cap Trafalgar”
- Catalan: “Cap Trafalgar”
- Cebuano: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- Chinese: “特拉法加角”
- Chinese: “特拉法尔加角”
- Chinese: “特拉法爾加角”
- Czech: “mys Trafalgar”
- Czech: “Mys Trafalgar”
- Czech: “Trafalgar”
- Czech: “Trafalgarský mys”
- Dutch: “Kaap Trafalgar”
- Estonian: “Trafalgari neem”
- Finnish: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- Finnish: “Cape Trafalgar”
- Finnish: “Trafalgarin niemi”
- Finnish: “Trafalgarinniemi”
- French: “cap de Trafalgar”
- French: “Cap de Trafalgar”
- French: “Cap Trafalgar”
- Galician: “Cabo de Trafalgar”
- Galician: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- German: “Kap Trafalgar”
- German: “Kap von Trafalgar”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Τραφάλγκαρ”
- Hebrew: “כף טרפלגר”
- Hungarian: “Trafalgar-fok”
- Indonesian: “Tanjung Trafalgar”
- Irish: “Rinn Trafalgar”
- Italian: “Capo Trafalgar”
- Japanese: “トラファルガー岬”
- Japanese: “トラファルガル岬”
- Korean: “트라팔가르 곶”
- Korean: “트라팔가르곶”
- Latin: “Promontorium Iunionis”
- Latin: “Promunturium Iunionis”
- Lithuanian: “Trafalgaro kyšulys”
- Lombard: “Bataja de Trafalgar”
- Lombard: “Battaja de Trafalgar”
- Lombard: “Trafalgar”
- Luxembourgish: “Kap Trafalgar”
- Macedonian: “Трафалгар”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Trafalgar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Trafalgar”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Trafalgar”
- Persian: “دماغه ترافالگار”
- Persian: “دماغهٔ ترافالگار”
- Polish: “Przylądek Trafalgar”
- Polish: “Trafalgar”
- Portuguese: “Cabo de Trafalgar”
- Portuguese: “Cabo de Trasfellegar”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- Romanian: “Cap Trafalgar”
- Romanian: “Capul Trafalgar”
- Russian: “Трафальгар”
- Scots: “Cape Trafalgar”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- Slovenian: “rt Trafalgar”
- Spanish: “Cabo de Trafalgar”
- Spanish: “Cabo Trafalgar”
- Spanish: “Trafalgar”
- Swedish: “Kap Trafalgar”
- Thai: “แหลมตราฟัลการ์”
- Turkish: “Trafalgar Burnu”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Трафальґар”
- Ukrainian: “Трафальгар”
- Vietnamese: “Cape Trafalgar”
- Vietnamese: “Mũi Trafalgar”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Tómbolo de Trafalgar and El Baldío.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Playa Faro de Trafalgar and Torre de Trafalgar.
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