Skip to content
Category

Peninsulas of Africa

page 1
Horn of Africa
land projection in East Africa in the Punt peninsula
Cap-Vert
thumb|Satellite image of Cap-Vert thumb|Children play association football|football on N'Gor Beach, at the northern tip of Cap-Vert. Cap-Vert, or the Cape Verde Peninsula, and Kap Weert or Bopp bu Nëtëx (in Wolof), is a peninsula in Senegal and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasia mainland. Portuguese explorers called it Cabo Verde or "Green Cape". The Cape Verde islands, further west, are named in reference to the cape. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, occupies parts including its southern tip. The peninsula marks the border between Grande Côte to the north a
Cap Bon
cape in Tunisia
Le Morne Brabant
peninsula and mountain in Mauritius
Cape Lopez
headland on the coast of Gabon, west central Africa
Cape Three Points
cape in Ghana
Mussulo
Mussulo (Portuguese: Ilha do Mussulo) is a peninsula located in south of Luanda Province, Angola. It was part of the municipality of Mussulo, province of Luanda, but was later made a municipality. It is actually a spit created by sediments from the Cuanza River, moved north by the Benguela Current. It is about 30 km long, at most 3 km wide, and at the narrowest parts in the south of the peninsula, less than 100 metres.
Ilha de Luanda
spit off the shore of Luanda, Angola
Shark Island
small peninsula (formerly island) adjacent to Lüderitz in Namibia
Langue de Barbarie
thin sandy peninsula within Langue de Barbarie National Park
Ras Siyyan
Peninsula in Obock Region, Djibouti
Tingitana Peninsula
small peninsula in northwest Africa