Ras ben Sakka | |
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Coordinates: 37°20′49″N 9°45′17″E / 37.346983°N 9.754608°E | |
Location | Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia |
Ras ben Sakka ( Arabic for "Cape Ben Sakka"), the tip of Cape Angela in northern Tunisia, is the northernmost point of the African continent. [1]
It is located 15 km (9.3 mi) from Bizerte and 22 km (14 mi) to the northeast of Ichkeul Lake World Heritage Site.
It is located just 950 m (3,120 ft) west of Cape Blanc (
French: Cap Blanc, "White Cape";
Arabic: Ras al-Abyad)[
citation needed], which is also often (mistakenly) described as the northern tip of Africa. Ras ben Sakka reaches about 30 m (98 ft) further north than the other.
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