Cape Guardafui
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Cape Guardafui Ras Asir, Gardafuul راس عسير Aromata promontorium |
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Cape Guardafui c. 1900
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 Cape Guardafui location |
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Cape Guardafui (Somali: Gees Gardafuul), also known as Ras Asir and historically as Aromata promontorium, is a headland in the autonomous Puntland region in Somalia. Coextensive with the Gardafuul administrative province, it forms the geographical apex of the Horn of Africa. Its shore at 51°27'52"E is the easternmost point on mainland Africa.
Cape Guardafui is located at 11°49′N 51°15′E / 11.817°N 51.250°E, near the Gulf of Aden. The archipelago of Socotra lies off the cape in the Indian Ocean.
Fifteen leagues (45 miles) west of Guardafui is Ras Filuk, a steep cliff jutting into the Gulf of Aden from flatland. The mountain is believed to correspond with the ancient Elephas Mons or Cape Elephant (Ras Filuk in Arabic) described by Strabo.
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