Cape Trafalgar
Script error: No such module "about". Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cape Trafalgar (Script error: No such module "IPAc-en".;[1] Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the southwest of Spain. The 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson decisively defeated Napoleon's combined Spanish and French fleet, took place just off the cape.
Cape Trafalgar lies on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the western limit of the strait and the Mediterranean Sea as a line that joins Cape Trafalgar to the north with Cape Spartel to the south.
The most prominent structure on the cape is a 34 m (112 ft) lighthouse, which totals 51 m (167 ft) above sea level), the Script error: No such module "Lang"., which was first illuminated on 15 July 1862.[2]
Etymology
The name is of Arabic origin, deriving either from Taraf al-Ghar (Script error: No such module "Lang". 'cape of the cave/laurel'),[3][4][5] or from Taraf al-Gharb (Script error: No such module "Lang". 'cape of the west').[6][5] In both cases, taraf (Script error: No such module "Lang".) means 'edge' or 'extremity' and refers to a promontory.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In modern Arabic, however, the place is sometimes re-transcribed as al-Taraf al-Aghar (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[7]
Archaeology
In May 2021, 2,000-year-old Roman baths emerged from the sand dunes of Cape Trafalgar, including entire walls, windows and doors.[8]
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ "Trafalgar". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ A page of a professor of the Facultad de Filología of the Universidad de Salamanca
- ↑ Entry algar, in DRAE dictionary
- ↑ a b Richard Burton, The Arabian Nights (vol. 9)'s footnote 82
- ↑ Joseph E. Garreau, "A Cultural Introduction to the Languages of Europe".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Script error: No such module "Authority control".