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[[Image:STS054 STS054-94-32-north-south orientation-.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of Cap-Vert]] | [[Image:STS054 STS054-94-32-north-south orientation-.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of Cap-Vert]] | ||
[[Image:FootballeusesNgor.jpg|thumb|Children play [[association football|football]] on N'Gor Beach, at the northern tip of Cap-Vert.]] | [[Image:FootballeusesNgor.jpg|thumb|Children play [[association football|football]] on N'Gor Beach, at the northern tip of Cap-Vert.]] | ||
'''Cap-Vert''', or the '''Cape Verde Peninsula''', and '''Kap Weert''' or '''Bopp bu Nëtëx''' (in [[Wolof language|Wolof]]), is a [[peninsula]] in [[Senegal]] and the [[Geography of Africa#Extreme points|westernmost point]] of the continent of Africa and of the [[Afro-Eurasia]] mainland. Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Verde or "Green Cape". The [[Cape Verde]] islands, {{convert|570|km}} further west, are named | '''Cap-Vert''', or the '''Cape Verde Peninsula''', and '''Kap Weert''' or '''Bopp bu Nëtëx''' (in [[Wolof language|Wolof]]), is a [[peninsula]] in [[Senegal]] and the [[Geography of Africa#Extreme points|westernmost point]] of the continent of Africa and of the [[Afro-Eurasia]] mainland. Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Verde or "Green Cape". The [[Cape Verde]] islands, {{convert|570|km}} further west, are named in reference to the cape. [[Dakar]], the capital of Senegal, occupies parts including its southern tip.<ref>Roger J., Banton O., Barusseau J.-P., Castaigne P., Comte J.-C., Duvail C., Nehlig P., Noël B. J., Serrano O., Travi Y., ''Notice explicative de la cartographie multi-couches à 1/50 000 et 1/20 000 de la zone d’activité du Cap-Vert'', Ministère des Mines, de l’Industrie et des PME, Direction des Mines et de la Géologie, Dakar, 245 p., 2009d.</ref> The peninsula marks the border between [[Grande Côte]] to the north and [[Petite Côte]] to the south. It is delimited by two [[Cape (geography)|capes]], [[Pointe des Almadies]] to the northwest and cap Manuel to the southeast. | ||
The larger of the [[Deux Mamelles]] volcanic hills in Dakar is topped by [[Les Mamelles Lighthouse]] at its highest point. | The larger of the [[Deux Mamelles]] volcanic hills in Dakar is topped by [[Les Mamelles Lighthouse]] at its highest point. | ||
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Cap-Vert, or the Cape Verde Peninsula, and Kap Weert or Bopp bu Nëtëx (in Wolof), is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland. Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Verde or "Green Cape". The Cape Verde islands, Template:Convert further west, are named in reference to the cape. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, occupies parts including its southern tip.[1] The peninsula marks the border between Grande Côte to the north and Petite Côte to the south. It is delimited by two capes, Pointe des Almadies to the northwest and cap Manuel to the southeast.
The larger of the Deux Mamelles volcanic hills in Dakar is topped by Les Mamelles Lighthouse at its highest point.
History
It is identified with the Hesperu Ceras (literally "western horn") mentioned by Classical Graeco-Roman authors as the westernmost point of the African continent.
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- ↑ Roger J., Banton O., Barusseau J.-P., Castaigne P., Comte J.-C., Duvail C., Nehlig P., Noël B. J., Serrano O., Travi Y., Notice explicative de la cartographie multi-couches à 1/50 000 et 1/20 000 de la zone d’activité du Cap-Vert, Ministère des Mines, de l’Industrie et des PME, Direction des Mines et de la Géologie, Dakar, 245 p., 2009d.