Cabo de Gata
Cabo de Gata is a cape located in Níjar, Almería in the south of Spain, one of the biggest capes. It is the driest place in the Iberian Peninsula. The area that it occupies is not considered a desert, even though the Tabernas Desert is nearby, 30 km to the north-west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: Nijar’s unevenness, Almería
- Also known as: “Cape Gata”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cabo de Gata Lighthouse and Cala del Corralete.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cabo de Gata and San José.
San José
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San José is a village and fishing port in the centre of Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata, in the Province of Almería, Spain. Its population in 2011 was 1012 inhabitants, recorded by the INE.
Cabo de Gata
Latitude
36.72103° or 36° 43′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.19323° or 2° 11′ 36″ westOpen location code
8C8VPRC4+CPOpenStreetMap ID
node 30660800OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
2517302Wikidata ID
Q2932431
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cabo de Gata” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس غاتا”
- Basque: “Gata (lurmuturra)”
- Basque: “Gata”
- Belarusian: “Гата (мыс, Іспанія)”
- Belarusian: “Гата”
- Cebuano: “Cabo de Gata”
- Chinese: “加塔角”
- Czech: “Gata”
- Czech: “mys Gata”
- Dutch: “Cabo de Gata”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Gata”
- French: “Cabo de Gata”
- Galician: “Cabo de Gata”
- German: “Kap des Achats”
- Greek: “Κάβο δε Γάτα”
- Italian: “Cabo de Gata”
- Polish: “Przylądek Gata”
- Portuguese: “Cabo de Gaita”
- Portuguese: “Cabo de Gata”
- Russian: “Гата”
- Spanish: “Cabo de gata”
- Spanish: “Cabo de Gata”
- Spanish: “Cerro de la Testa”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo de Gata”
- Swedish: “Cabo de Gata”
- Ukrainian: “Кабо-де-Гата”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Isla del Fraile and Piedra del Cuchillo.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cabo de Gata”. Photo: Jsanchezes, CC BY-SA 3.0.