Satellite image of Cap-Vert

Children play on N'Gor beach, at the northern tip of Cap-Vert.

Cap-Vert is a peninsula in Senegal, and the westernmost part of the continent of Africa. A peninsula is a piece of land that is nearly surrounded by Water but connected to Mainland via an Isthmus. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Originally called Cabo Verde or "Cape Green" by Portuguese explorers, it is not to be confused with the Cape Verde islands, which are some 560 kilometres further west. The Republic of Cape Verde ( Portuguese: Cabo Verde, 'kabu 'veɾdɨ is a Republic located on an Archipelago in the Macaronesia Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is located near the southern tip. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar.

Cap-Vert is a rocky promontory extending west from the main sandy areas of Senegal. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. Cap-Vert has an excellent harbor, facing Gorée Island. Île de Gorée (ie "Gorée Island" (pronounced /goʀe/ is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i

Formed by a combination of volcanic offshore islands and a land bridge produced by coastal currents, it projects into the Atlantic Ocean, bending back to the southeast at its tip. Exposure to southwesterly winds contributes to Cape Verde's seasonal verdant appearance, in contrast to the undulating yellow dunes to the north.

The peninsula is shaped like a triangle (about 9 miles [15 km] per side), with the base of the triangle roughly along the north and its apex on the south, near Dakar. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar. Near Pointe des Almadies, the north-western tip of the cape, lies Dakar's international airport, famous as a transatlantic ferrying point during World War II. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Twin volcanic cones, the Deux Mamelles ("Two Teats"), dominate the landscape along the coast northwest of Dakar. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar. The peninsula embraces a bay and a natural harbour in the southwest.

The indigenous inhabitants of the peninsula, the Lebu, lived as fishermen and farmers. Since about 1444, when the Portuguese first sighted the cape, it has been an entrepôt for African-European trade. The French later established the city of Dakar on the cape in 1857. For the Dakar Rally see Dakar Rally. For the Israeli submarine see INS Dakar.

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