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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland) canonical | 1 |
| named by Portuguese explorers as Cabo Verde (Green Cape) | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cape
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geographical feature ⓘ headland ⓘ |
| adjacentCity | Dakar ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion | Dakar Region ONNED1 ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | WGS84 ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| countryCapitalNearby | Dakar ⓘ |
| distanceRelation | forms the closest point of mainland Africa to the Americas ⓘ |
| etymology |
Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
named by Portuguese explorers as Cabo Verde (Green Cape)
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| 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)
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Cap Vert (French) ⓘ Cape Verde Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Cape Verde (English)
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| hasProminence | forms a prominent projection into the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| hasTerrain | rocky ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Guinea Coast
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surface form:
Atlantic coast of Africa
|
| 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
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westernmost point of the African mainland ⓘ |
| usedFor | maritime navigation reference point ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland)
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etymology
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Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland)
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
Cap Vert
this entity surface form:
named by Portuguese explorers as Cabo Verde (Green Cape)