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Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope

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Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope

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charles

January 30, 2017

Cape Point is a cliff at the south end of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, which forms the tip of the Cape Peninsula. It is located about two kilometers east of the Cape of Good Hope, with which it is often confused.
Cape Point forms the eastern end of the Cape Peninsula, but is not the southernmost point of the Cape Peninsula, as suggested on some photos or maps. The Cape of Good Hope is 2 arcseconds (about 60 m) to the south. The southernmost point of Africa is Cape Agulhas.
The question of whether Cape Point is the point at which Atlantic and Indian Ocean meet, can not be answered unambiguously. Topographically, the southernmost point of the African continent is 150 kilometers to the east, at Cape Agulhas, also known as the Cape of Needles. However, since a cold Atlantic and a warm ocean current from the Indian Ocean meet before Cape Point (at a distance of 200 km from the mainland), the Cape Point is often referred to as the point of encounter of the two oceans. The bay east of Cape Point always has a higher water temperature than the western side of the sea.
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Distance 5.48 km

Uphill 190 m

Downhill 240 m

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