Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland)

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Cap Vert is the westernmost point of the African mainland, a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast near Dakar, Senegal.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cape ⓘ
geographical feature ⓘ
headland ⓘ
adjacentCity Dakar ⓘ
administrativeRegion Dakar Region ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
country Senegal ⓘ
countryCapitalNearby Dakar ⓘ
distanceRelation forms the closest point of mainland Africa to the Americas ⓘ
etymology named by Portuguese explorers as Cabo Verde (Green Cape) ⓘ
geologicalType volcanic origin ⓘ
hasClimate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
hasCoastType rocky coast ⓘ
hasEconomicRole supports fishing activities near Dakar ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalFeature coastal ecosystems of the Cap-Vert Peninsula ⓘ
hasLandform peninsula ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Cabo Verde (Portuguese) ⓘ
Cap Vert (French) ⓘ
Cape Verde (English) ⓘ
linked to: Cape Verde Islands
hasProminence forms a prominent projection into the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasTerrain rocky ⓘ
isPartOf Atlantic coast of Africa ⓘ
linked to: Guinea Coast
languageOfToponym French ⓘ
locatedIn Senegal ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Western Hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInRegion Cap-Vert Peninsula ⓘ
locatedNear Dakar ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
nearbySeaArea eastern Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
ocean Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion Senegambia ⓘ
relativeLocation west of Dakar city center ⓘ
westernmost point of the African mainland ⓘ
usedFor maritime navigation reference point ⓘ

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Cap-Vert Peninsula → hasLandmark → Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland) ⓘ
Cap Vert → etymology → named by Portuguese explorers as Cabo Verde (Green Cape) ⓘ
subject linked to: Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland)
linked to: Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland)