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 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
surface form: 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 Islands
surface form: Cape Verde (English)
hasProminence forms a prominent projection into the Atlantic Ocean
hasTerrain rocky
isPartOf Guinea Coast
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
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 (Cape Verde headland) etymology Cap Vert (Cape Verde headland) self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Cap Vert
this entity surface form: named by Portuguese explorers as Cabo Verde (Green Cape)