Cape Three Forks, Cape des Trois Fourches, or Cape Tres Forcas is a headland on the
Mediterranean coast of northeastern
Morocco.
Geography
The cape is a large mountainous
promontory of
North Africa into the
Mediterranean Sea. For centuries, this cape has provided both a nautical landmark and a maritime hazard for ships in the
Alboran Sea. The Spanish exclave of
Melilla surrounds a smaller cape on the eastern side of the peninsula.
Cape Three Forks is known in
Spanish as Cabo de Tres Forcas, in
French as Cap des Trois Fourches, and in
Arabic as Raʾs ith-Thalāth ash-Shawkāt or Raʾs Thalātha Madari, all meaning "Cape of the Three Forks".
On 26 August 1923 the
España ran aground and eventually wrecked on the cape.[9][10]
Lighthouse
A
lighthouse is located in the north end of the cape. It is a gray tower on white two-story dwelling.
Maraboutism
At least 11 locations in the Cape Three Forks have been identified as places of pious reflection, either small
hermitages, bushes or trees, five of them featuring the tomb of the
marabout.[11]
James, Edward Boucher (1870),
"Rusadir", Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.
López Pardo, Fernando (2005),
"La Fundación de Rusaddir y la Época Púnica", Historia de Melilla, Colección Historia de Melilla, No.17, Melilla, pp. 167–189{{
citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link). (in Spanish)