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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the in . A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of , based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: headland of Cape Peninsula, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Cabo da Boa Esperança”, “Cape of Storms”, and “die Kaap van Goeie Hoop”

Cape of Good Hope

Latitude
-34.35811° or 34° 21′ 29″ south
Longitude
18.47193° or 18° 28′ 19″ east
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
Open location code
4FQWJFRC+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 148729604
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cape
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3367577
Wiki­data ID
Q4092
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Cape of Good Hope” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kaap die Goeie Hoop”
  • Albanian: “Kepi i shpresës së mirë”
  • Albanian: “Kepi i Shpresës së Mirë”
  • Arabic: “رأس الرجاء الصالح”
  • Armenian: “Բարեհուսո հրվանդան”
  • Asturian: “Cabu de Bona Esperanza”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ümid burnu”
  • Basque: “Esperantza Oneko lurmuturra”
  • Belarusian: “мыс Добрай Надзеі”
  • Belarusian: “Мыс Добрай Надзеі”
  • Bengali: “উত্তমাশা অন্তরীপ”
  • Bosnian: “Rt dobre nade”
  • Breton: “Kab ar Spi Mat”
  • Bulgarian: “Добра надежда”
  • Burmese: “ဂွတ်ဟုပ်အငူ”
  • Catalan: “Cap de Bona Esperança”
  • Cebuano: “Cape of Good Hope”
  • Central Bikol: “Kabo kan Marhay na Paglaom”
  • Central Kurdish: “سەری ھیوای باش”
  • Chechen: “Дикачу сатийсаман мара”
  • Chinese: “好望角”
  • Corsican: “Capu di Bona Spiranza”
  • Croatian: “Rt dobre nade”
  • Czech: “mys Dobré naděje”
  • Czech: “Mys Dobré naděje”
  • Danish: “Kap Det Gode Håb”
  • Dutch: “Kaap de Goede Hoop”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “رأس الرجاء الصالح”
  • Esperanto: “Kabo de Bona Espero”
  • Estonian: “Hea Lootuse neem”
  • Finnish: “Hyväntoivonniemi”
  • French: “cap de Bonne-Espérance”
  • French: “Cap de Bonne-Espérance”
  • Galician: “Cabo de Boa Esperanza”
  • Georgian: “კეთილი იმედის კონცხი”
  • German: “Cap der guten Hoffnung”
  • German: “Kap der Guten Hoffnung”
  • Greek: “Ακρωτήριο της Καλής Ελπίδος”
  • Gujarati: “કેપ ઓફ ગુડ હોપ”
  • Hausa: “Cape of Good Hope”
  • Hebrew: “המקום הרע”
  • Hebrew: “כף התקווה הטובה”
  • Hindi: “केप ऑफ़ गुड होप”
  • Hungarian: “Jóreménység foka”
  • Iban: “Ujut Pengadang Manah”
  • Icelandic: “Góðrarvonarhöfði”
  • Ido: “Kabo di Bon Espero”
  • Indonesian: “Tanjung Harapan”
  • Irish: “Rinn an Dóchais”
  • Italian: “Capo di Buona Speranza”
  • Japanese: “喜望峰”
  • Kabardian: “Къуапэ ГугъэфI”
  • Kabardian: “Къуапэ ГугъэфӀ”
  • Kabyle: “Ixef n usirem agerram”
  • Kabyle: “Ixef n Usirem Agerram”
  • Kannada: “ಕೇಪ್ ಓಫ್ ಗುಡ್ ಹೋಪ್”
  • Kazakh: “Қайырлы үміт мүйісі”
  • Kirghiz: “Илгери үмүт тумшугу”
  • Korean: “희망봉”
  • Lao: “ແຫຼມກູດໂຮບ”
  • Latin: “Promontorium Bonae Spei”
  • Latvian: “Labās Cerības rags”
  • Limburgan: “Kaap de Gooj Haop”
  • Lithuanian: “Gerosios Vilties kyšulys”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kap vun der Gudder Hoffnung”
  • Macedonian: “’Рт на Добра Надеж”
  • Macedonian: “‘Рт на Добрата Надеж”
  • Macedonian: “’Рт на Добрата Надеж”
  • Malay: “Tanjung Harapan, Afrika Selatan”
  • Malay: “Tanjung Harapan”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രതീക്ഷാ മുനമ്പ്”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രതീക്ഷാ മുനമ്പ്‌”
  • Marathi: “केप ऑफ गुड होप”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kap Gud Hööb”
  • Northern Sami: “Buoridoaivvonjárga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp det gode håp”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp det gode håp”
  • Norwegian: “Kapp det gode håp”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cap de Bona Esperança”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܪܝܫܐ ܕܣܒܪܐ ܛܒܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Gōdes Hyhtes Næss”
  • Ossetian: “Хорз Ныфсы сынæг”
  • Persian: “دماغه امید نیک”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Burz”
  • Polish: “Przylądek Dobrej Nadziei”
  • Portuguese: “Cabo da Boa Esperança”
  • Portuguese: “Cape of Good Hope”
  • Portuguese: “die Kaap van Goeie Hoop”
  • Romanian: “Capul Bunei Speranțe”
  • Russia Buriat: “Һайн Найдалай хушуу”
  • Russian: “мыс Доброй Надежды”
  • Russian: “Мыс Доброй Надежды”
  • Sakizaya: “Haw-wan-ciw”
  • Scots: “Cape o Guid Howp”
  • Serbian: “Рт добре наде”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rt dobre nade”
  • Shona: “Kepi reTariro Yakanaka”
  • Sicilian: “Capu di Bona Spiranza”
  • Slovak: “Mys dobrej nádeje”
  • Slovenian: “Nevihtni rt”
  • Slovenian: “Rt dobre nade”
  • Slovenian: “Rt dobrega upanja”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de Buena Esperanza”
  • Spanish: “Cabo de las Tormentas”
  • Swahili: “Rasi ya Tumaini Jema”
  • Swedish: “Godahoppsudden”
  • Tamil: “நன்னம்பிக்கை முனை”
  • Thai: “แหลมกู๊ดโฮป”
  • Tok Pisin: “Kep bilong Gutpela Hop”
  • Turkish: “Ümit Burnu”
  • Ukrainian: “мис Доброї Надії”
  • Ukrainian: “Мис Доброї Надії”
  • Urdu: “راس امید”
  • Uzbek: “Yaxshi umid burni”
  • Vietnamese: “Mũi Hảo Vọng”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabo han Maupay nga Pag-asa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kabo han Maupay nga Paglaom”
  • Welsh: “Penrhyn Gobaith Da”
  • Western Frisian: “Kaap de Goeie Hope”
  • Western Panjabi: “راس امید”
  • Wu Chinese: “好望角”
  • Yue Chinese: “好望角”
  • Zulu: “I-Cape of Good Hope”
  • “Cabo de Buena Esperanza”
  • “ma Kape”

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