Cape Henlopen
Cape Henlopen is the southern cape of the Delaware Bay along the Atlantic coast of the United States. It lies in the state of Delaware, near the town of Lewes, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Delaware, United States of America
- Also known as: “Caep Himloop”, “Cape Cornelius”, “Cape Henloop”, “Cape Henlope”, “Cape Hinloopen”, “Cape Hinlope”, “Cape Hinlopen”, “Cape Hinlopes”, “Cape Inloop”, “Cape Inlopen”, “Cape James”, “Cape La Warre”, “False Cape”, “Old Cape Hinlopen”, and “Zuijt Hoek”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Delaware Breakwater East End Light and Harbor of Refuge Light.
Delaware Breakwater East End Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Delaware Breakwater East End Light is a lighthouse located on the inner Delaware Breakwater in the Delaware Bay, just off the coast of Cape Henlopen and the town of Lewes, Delaware.
Harbor of Refuge Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Harbor of Refuge Light is a lighthouse built on the ocean end of the outer Delaware Breakwater at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, just off Cape Henlopen.
Delaware Breakwater
Breakwater
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
The Delaware Breakwater is a set of breakwaters east of Lewes, Delaware on Cape Henlopen that form Lewes Harbor. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 12, 1976.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lewes and Quakertown.
Lewes
Photo: Malepheasant, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Lewes is a city in Delaware along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County near the Atlantic Ocean. It offers the visitor several beaches and historical sites.
Quakertown
Locality
Quakertown is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. Quakertown is located on U.S. Route 9 Business, southwest of Lewes.
North Shores
Quarter
North Shores is an unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. North Shores is located along the Atlantic Ocean north of Henlopen Acres and Rehoboth Beach and south of Cape Henlopen State Park.
Cape Henlopen
- Category: landform
- Location: Sussex County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.80315° or 38° 48′ 11″ northLongitude
-75.09497° or 75° 5′ 42″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)United Nations Location Code
US C65Open location code
87C6RW34+72OpenStreetMap ID
node 7527879444OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeGeoNames ID
4142899Wikidata ID
Q2903487
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Cape Henlopen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Henlopen lurmuturra”
- Cebuano: “Cape Henlopen”
- Chinese: “亨洛彭角”
- Dutch: “Cape Henlopen”
- French: “cap Henlopen”
- French: “Cap Henlopen”
- Hebrew: “כף הנלופן”
- Italian: “Capo Henlopen”
- Japanese: “ヘンロペン岬”
- Japanese: “ホンペルン岬”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Henlopen”
- Russian: “Хенлопен”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include National Harbor of Refuge and Hawk Watch.
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