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Cape Higuer

The Cape Higuer is a cape on the Bay of Biscay standing out at the end of the mountain range by the France–Spain border in the municipality of .
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: cape in Gipuzkoa
  • Also known as: “Cabo de la Higuera” and “Cape Higer”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Higuer Lighthouse and Castle of San Telmo, Hondarribia.

Lighthouse
Photo: Joxemai, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a lighthouse at the Cabo Higuer on the Spanish Atlantic coast in the Bay of Biscay. It lies in the municipality of , west of the mouth of the , which forms the border with .

Castle
Photo: Uranzu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photo: A1AA1A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Château d'Abbadia, also Château d'Abbadie, is a neogothic château situated in , , . Built by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Edmond Duthoit, both patronized by the explorer Antoine d'Abbadie, between 1864 and 1879, it is classified as a historic monument and "Maison des Illustres". is situated 3½ km southeast of Cape Higuer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hondarribia and Puntalea.

is a fishing town in the province of Guipuzcoa, of on the Bay of Txingudi, by the border with . It is the last remaining walled town in Guipuzcoa.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km south of Cape Higuer.

Photo: Harrieta171, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the furthest point in the South West of you can go, a frontier town with , and confined on the edge of both the Atlantic Ocean and Pyrenees Mountains.

Cape Higuer

Latitude
43.3927° or 43° 23′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.78977° or 1° 47′ 23″ west
Open location code
8CMW96V6+33
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2153628980
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
3120767
Wiki­data ID
Q285854
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Satellite Map

Discover Cape Higuer from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Cape Higuer” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Higer lurmuturra”
  • Basque: “Higer”
  • Breton: “Beg ar Fiezenn”
  • Bulgarian: “Хигер”
  • Catalan: “cap Higer”
  • Catalan: “Cap Higuer”
  • Cebuano: “Higer”
  • Chinese: “伊格爾角”
  • French: “Cap du Figuier”
  • French: “cap Higuer”
  • French: “Cap Higuer”
  • Galician: “Cabo Higer”
  • Galician: “Cabo Higuer”
  • Latin: “Promunturium Veneris”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cabo Higuer”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo Higuer”
  • Spanish: “Cabo Higuer”
  • Swedish: “Higer (udde i Spanien)”
  • Swedish: “Higer”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Higer itsasargia and Playa del Faro.

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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 “Cape Higuer”. Photo: Mowenna, CC BY-SA 3.0.