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Cape Point is the small cape jutting out towards the east from The Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of the Peninsula.

Although these two rocky capes are very well known, neither cape is actually the southernmost point of the mainland of Africa that is Cape Agulhas, approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) to the east-southeast.Ī map of the Cape Peninsula showing its major features. Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town are close to the northern extremity of the same peninsula. The lighthouses are 700 metres apart, and the new lighthouse 162 metres lower in altitude so as to remain visible during low cloud.Ĭape Point ( Afrikaans: Kaappunt) is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent in South Africa. Looking from behind the old lighthouse (at top left) to the new lighthouse (a sunlit speck of white very near the point).