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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 | ||