Needle [1] , also Aguillas [2] ( African Kaap Agulhas , English Cape Agulhas or Agulyash [3] [4] from the port of Cabo das Agulhas ) is a cape in South Africa , the southernmost point of Africa [5] .
| Needle | |
|---|---|
| africa. Kaap Agulhas Cape agulhas | |
| Location | |
| Water area | Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Western Cape |
It rises by 140 m. It is located 155 km south-east of the Cape of Good Hope , is the tip of the spit, coming from the Cape land. It ends with a lighthouse at 34 ° 51 'south latitude and 20 ° 00' east longitude.
To the south of Cape Igolny, from Cape of Good Hope to Algoa Bay, a sandy sand stretches 840 km long, representing an underwater extension of the southern coast, reaching 37 ° south latitude, i.e. 240 km south of the coast. At 36 ° it narrows, takes a conical shape, rising 112-130 above the water ordinar and plunging steeply into a depth of 340-380 m. This underwater terrace, called the Bank Agulias , is dangerous for sailors due to its shallow depth and rapid flow from Of the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic ( Cape Needle Stream , Cape Current ), which produces famous breakers, the cause of frequent shipwrecks.
In the 15th century, this whole area was called L'Agulhas - from the Portuguese sailors, because of the magnetic anomaly observed nearby at sea ( port. Agulha - the needle, in this case - the magnetic needle of the compass ) in this place pointed strictly to the north. At the end of the 19th century, the magnetic declination here was western and amounted to 30 °.
Geographical position
Cape Igolny lighthouse, southern tip of Africa
Panoramic photography
Notes
- ↑ Needle // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 130.
- ↑ Agulias, m. // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 9.
- ↑ Pospelov E. M. Geographical Names of the World: Toponymic Dictionary: Ok. 5000 units / holes ed. R. A. Ageeva. - M .: Russian dictionaries, 1998 .-- S. 25. - 503 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 5-89216-029-7 .
- ↑ Cape Needle // Iron Tree - Radiation. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2008. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 10). - ISBN 978-5-85270-341-5 .
- ↑ Cape Needle // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.