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.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Cape
- Description: cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
- Also known as: “Cabo de Canareal”, “Cabo de Canaveral”, “Cabo de Corrientes”, “Cabo de las Corrientes”, “Cabo Kennedy”, “Canaveral Lurmuturra”, “cap Kennedy”, “Cape Cañaveral”, “Cape Canaveral AFS”, “Cape Caneveral”, “Cape Caniaberal”, “Cape Kennedy”, “Cape of Currents”, “Capo Canaveral”, “CCAFS”, “Kejp Kanavarel”, “Kejp Kanaveral”, “Kejp Kaneveral”, “Przylądek Kennedy”, “Przylądek Kennedy’ego”, “Tanjung Canaveral”, “Кейп Канаверъл”, “Кейп Канавъръл”, “Кейп Кенеди”, “мыс Канаверал”, “мыс Кеннеди”, “Нос Канаверал”, “Нос Кенеди”, “כף קנברל”, “כף קנדי”, “دماغهٔ کاناورال”, “كاب كانافيرال”, “كيب كانافرال”, “كيب كانافيرال”, “كيب كانفيرال”, “كيب كنافرال”, “แหลมแคนาเวอรัล”, “케이프케네디”, “ケープ・カナヴェラル”, “ケープ・キャナヴェラル”, “ケープカナヴェラル”, “ケープケネディ”, “卡纳维尔角”, “甘乃迪角”, “甘迺迪角”, and “肯尼迪角”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46 and Cape Canaveral lighthouse.
Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 46
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Cape Canaveral lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cape Canaveral
- Categories: headland and landform
- Location: Brevard, Florida, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
28.45861° or 28° 27′ 31″ north
Longitude
-80.53311° or 80° 31′ 59″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
76WXFF58+CQ
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Cape Canaveral” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Canaveral”
- Arabic: “رأس كانافيرال”
- Armenian: “Կանավերալի հրվանդան”
- Asturian: “Cabu Cañaveral”
- Azerbaijani: “Kanaveral burnu”
- Basque: “Cañaveral lurmuturra”
- Belarusian: “Канаверал”
- Belarusian: “Канавэрал”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Канаверал”
- Bengali: “কেপ ক্যানাভেরাল”
- Bhojpuri: “केप कैनावेरल”
- Bosnian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Breton: “Cape Canaveral”
- Bulgarian: “Канаверал”
- Bulgarian: “Кейп Канаверал”
- Catalan: “Cap Canaveral”
- Cebuano: “Cape Canaveral”
- Central Kurdish: “کیپ کانیڤیرال”
- Chinese: “卡納維拉爾角”
- Chinese: “卡納維爾角”
- Chinese: “卡纳维拉尔角”
- Croatian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Czech: “mys Canaveral”
- Czech: “Mys Canaveral”
- Danish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Dutch: “Cape Canaveral”
- Esperanto: “Cape Canaveral”
- Estonian: “Canaverali neem”
- Finnish: “Cape Canaveral”
- French: “cap Canaveral”
- French: “Cap Canaveral”
- French: “Centre spatial Kennedy”
- Galician: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- German: “Cape Canaveral”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Κανάβεραλ”
- Hebrew: “כף קנוורל”
- Hungarian: “Canaveral-fok”
- Hungarian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Indonesian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Italian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Japanese: “ケープ・カナベラル”
- Japanese: “ケープカナベラル”
- Korean: “케이프 커내버럴”
- Korean: “케이프커내버럴”
- Latin: “Promunturium Cannaveralium”
- Latvian: “Kanaverala rags”
- Lithuanian: “Kanaveralio kyšulys”
- Lithuanian: “Kanaveralo kyšulys”
- Luxembourgish: “Kap Canaveral”
- Malay: “Cape Canaveral”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cape Canaveral”
- Mongolian: “Канаверал хошуу”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape Canaveral”
- Norwegian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canaferalnæs”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Canaveralnæs”
- Persian: “دماغه کاناورال”
- Polish: “Canaveral”
- Polish: “Przylądek Canaveral”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Canaveral”
- Russian: “Канаверал”
- Russian: “Мыс Канаверал”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Sicilian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Slovak: “Cape Canaveral”
- Slovak: “Mys Canaveral”
- Slovenian: “Cape Canaveral”
- Spanish: “Cabo Cañaveral”
- Swahili: “Cape Canaveral”
- Swedish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Thai: “แหลมคะแนเวอรัล”
- Thai: “แหลมคานาเวอรัล”
- Turkish: “Cape Canaveral”
- Ukrainian: “Канаверал”
- Ukrainian: “Мис Канаверал”
- Urdu: “کیپ کیناوریل”
- Uzbek: “Kanaveral”
- Vietnamese: “Mũi Canaveral”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cabo Canaveral”
- Yakut: “Кэйп Канаверал”
- “Cape Canaveral”
- “केप कैनावेरल”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Space Center and Cape Canaveral Trailer Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Canaveral Bight.
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