Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, in the United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Officially Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
- Also known as: “Cabo Cañaveral”, “Cabo de Canareal”, “Cabo de Canaveral”, “Cabo de Corrientes”, “Cabo de las Corrientes”, “Cape Caniaberal”, “Cape Kennedy”, and “Cape of Currents”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46 and Cape Canaveral lighthouse.
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Space Launch Complex 46, previously Launch Complex 46, is a launch complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station operated under license by Space Florida previously used for Athena rocket launches.
Cape Canaveral lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cape Canaveral Light is a historic lighthouse on the east coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous shoals that lie off its coast.
Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Launch Complex 11 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, is a launch complex used by Atlas missiles between 1958 and 1964. It is the southernmost of the launch pads known as Missile Row.
Cape Canaveral
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Brevard, Florida, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Cape Canaveral from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Cape Canaveral” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Canaveral”
- Arabic: “رأس كانافيرال”
- Arabic: “كاب كانافيرال”
- Arabic: “كيب كانافرال”
- Arabic: “كيب كانافيرال”
- Arabic: “كيب كانفيرال”
- Arabic: “كيب كنافرال”
- Armenian: “Կանավերալի հրվանդան”
- Asturian: “Cabu Cañaveral”
- Azerbaijani: “Kanaveral burnu”
- Basque: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- Basque: “Canaveral Lurmuturra”
- Basque: “Cañaveral lurmuturra”
- Belarusian: “Канаверал”
- Belarusian: “Канавэрал”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Канаверал”
- Bengali: “কেপ ক্যানাভেরাল”
- Bosnian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Breton: “Cape Canaveral”
- Bulgarian: “Канаверал”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Канаверал”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Канаверъл”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Канавъръл”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Кенеди”
- Bulgarian: “Нос Канаверал”
- Bulgarian: “Нос Кенеди”
- Catalan: “Cap Canaveral”
- Cebuano: “Cape Canaveral”
- Central Kurdish: “کیپ کانیڤیرال”
- Chinese: “Cape Canaveral”
- Chinese: “卡納維拉爾角”
- Chinese: “卡納維爾角”
- Chinese: “卡纳维尔角”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角”
- Chinese: “甘乃迪角”
- Chinese: “甘迺迪角”
- Chinese: “肯尼迪角”
- Croatian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Croatian: “Cape Kennedy”
- Czech: “Canaveral”
- Czech: “Cape Canaveral”
- Czech: “Cape Kennedy”
- Czech: “mys Canaveral”
- Czech: “Mys Canaveral”
- Danish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Danish: “Cape Kennedy”
- Dutch: “Cape Canaveral”
- Esperanto: “Cape Canaveral”
- Estonian: “Canaverali neem”
- Estonian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Finnish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Finnish: “Cape Kennedy”
- French: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- French: “cap Canaveral”
- French: “Cap Canaveral”
- French: “cap Kennedy”
- French: “Centre spatial Kennedy”
- Galician: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- Galician: “Cabo Kennedy”
- German: “Cape Canaveral”
- German: “Cape Cañaveral”
- German: “Cape Kennedy”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Κανάβεραλ”
- Hebrew: “כף קנברל”
- Hebrew: “כף קנדי”
- Hebrew: “כף קנוורל”
- Hungarian: “Canaveral-fok”
- Hungarian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Indonesian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Indonesian: “Tanjung Canaveral”
- Italian: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- Italian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Italian: “Cape Kennedy”
- Italian: “Capo Canaveral”
- Japanese: “ケープ・カナヴェラル”
- Japanese: “ケープ・カナベラル”
- Japanese: “ケープ・キャナヴェラル”
- Japanese: “ケープカナヴェラル”
- Japanese: “ケープカナベラル”
- Japanese: “ケープケネディ”
- Korean: “케이프 커내버럴”
- Korean: “케이프커내버럴”
- Korean: “케이프케네디”
- Latin: “Promunturium Cannaveralium”
- Latvian: “Kanaverala rags”
- Lithuanian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Lithuanian: “Kanaveralio kyšulys”
- Lithuanian: “Kanaveralo kyšulys”
- Luxembourgish: “Kap Canaveral”
- Malay: “Cape Canaveral”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cape Canaveral”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Canaveral”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Kennedy”
- Norwegian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canaferalnæs”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canaveralnæs”
- Persian: “دماغه کاناورال”
- Persian: “دماغهٔ کاناورال”
- Polish: “Canaveral”
- Polish: “Cap Canaveral”
- Polish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Polish: “Przylądek Canaveral”
- Polish: “Przylądek Kennedy’ego”
- Polish: “Przylądek Kennedy”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Canaveral”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Kennedy”
- Portuguese: “Canaveral”
- Portuguese: “Cape Canaveral”
- Russian: “Канаверал”
- Russian: “мыс Канаверал”
- Russian: “Мыс Канаверал”
- Russian: “мыс Кеннеди”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kejp Kanavarel”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kejp Kanaveral”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kejp Kaneveral”
- Sicilian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Slovak: “Canaveral”
- Slovak: “Cape Canaveral”
- Slovak: “Mys Canaveral”
- Slovenian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Spanish: “Cabo Canaveral”
- Spanish: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- Spanish: “Cabo Kennedy”
- Spanish: “Cape Canaveral AFS”
- Spanish: “CCAFS”
- Swahili: “Cape Canaveral”
- Swedish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Swedish: “Cape Caneveral”
- Swedish: “Cape Kennedy”
- Thai: “แหลมคะแนเวอรัล”
- Thai: “แหลมคานาเวอรัล”
- Thai: “แหลมแคนาเวอรัล”
- Turkish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Ukrainian: “Канаверал”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Канаверал”
- Urdu: “کیپ کیناوریل”
- Uzbek: “Kanaveral”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cabo Canaveral”
- Yakut: “Кэйп Канаверал”
- “Cabo Cañaveral”
- “Cape Canaveral”
- “Cape Kennedy”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Space Center and Cape Canaveral Trailer Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Canaveral Bight.
Florida: Must-Visit Destinations
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Curious Places to Discover
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