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*** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts and castles
*** promontories are often used a defensive positions for forts and castles
*** a promontory in water is a peninsula
*** a promontory in water is a peninsula
* Cape Horn
* '''Cape Canaveral''' - Florida
* '''Cape Cod''' - Massachusetts
* '''Cape of Good Hope''' - South Africa
* '''Cape Discord''' - Greenland
* '''Cape Three Forks''' - Morocco
* '''Cape Kidnappers - New Zealand
* '''Cape Horn''' - Chile (northern boundary of the Drake Passage)
* '''Cape Verde''' -- verte? - Senegal
** southernmost headland, or tip of land, on Hornos Island, one of the Hermite Islands, the southernmost of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America
** southernmost headland, or tip of land, on Hornos Island, one of the Hermite Islands, the southernmost of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago at the southern tip of South America
Click EXPAND for a list of important capes
Click EXPAND for a list of important capes