Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. The Cape of Good Hope looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point, overlooking Dias beachA common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
Cape of Good Hope
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland of Cape Peninsula, South Africa
- Categories: headland, tourism, tourist attraction and landform
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.35811° or 34° 21' 29" southLongitude
18.47193° or 18° 28' 19" eastElevation
112 metres (367 feet)Open Location Code
4FQWJFRC+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 148729604OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
3367577Wikidata ID
Q4092Cape of Good Hope Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Ixef n usirem agerram
- Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop
- Albanian: Kepi i Shpresës së Mirë
- Albanian: Kepi i shpresës së mirë
- Arabic: Kabo han Maupay nga Paglaom
- Arabic: رأس الرجاء الصالح
- Armenian: Բարեհուսո հրվանդան
- Asturian: Cabu de Bona Esperanza
- Azerbaijani: Ümid burnu
- Basque: Esperantza Oneko lurmuturra
- Belarusian: Мыс Добрай Надзеі
- Belarusian: мыс Добрай Надзеі
- Bengali: উত্তমাশা অন্তরীপ
- Bosnian: Rt dobre nade
- Breton: Kab ar Spi Mat
- Bulgarian: Добра надежда
- Burmese: ဂွတ်ဟုပ်အငူ
- Catalan: Cap de Bona Esperança
- Catalan: cap de Bona Esperança
- Cebuano: Cape of Good Hope
- Chechen: Дикачу сатийсаман мара
- Chinese: 好望角
- Corsican: Capu di Bona Spiranza
- Croatian: Rt dobre nade
- Czech: Mys Dobré naděje
- Czech: mys Dobré naděje
- Danish: Kap Det Gode Håb
- Dutch: Kaap de Goede Hoop
- Egyptian Arabic: رأس الرجاء الصالح
- English: Cabo da Boa Esperança
- English: Cape of Storms
- English: die Kaap van Goeie Hoop
- Esperanto: Kabo de Bona Espero
- Estonian: Hea Lootuse neem
- Finnish: Hyväntoivonniemi
- French: Cap de Bonne-Espérance
- French: cap de Bonne-Espérance
- Galician: Cabo de Boa Esperanza
- Georgian: კეთილი იმედის კონცხი
- German: Cap der guten Hoffnung
- German: Kap der Guten Hoffnung
- Greek: Ακρωτήριο της Καλής Ελπίδος
- Gujarati: કેપ ઓફ ગુડ હોપ
- Hausa: Cape of Good Hope
- Hebrew: המקום הרע
- Hebrew: כף התקווה הטובה
- Hindi: केप ऑफ़ गुड होप
- Hungarian: Jóreménység foka
- Icelandic: Góðrarvonarhöfði
- Ido: Kabo di Bon Espero
- Indonesian: Tanjung Harapan
- Irish: Rinn an Dóchais
- Italian: Capo di Buona Speranza
- Japanese: 喜望峰
- Kabardian: Къуапэ ГугъэфI
- Kabyle: Ixef n Usirem Agerram
- Kannada: ಕೇಪ್ ಓಫ್ ಗುಡ್ ಹೋಪ್
- Kazakh: Қайырлы үміт мүйісі
- Kirghiz: Илгери үмүт тумшугу
- Korean: 희망봉
- Latin: Promontorium Bonae Spei
- Latvian: Labās Cerības rags
- Limburgan: Kaap de Gooj Haop
- Lithuanian: Gerosios Vilties kyšulys
- Luxembourgish: Kap vun der Gudder Hoffnung
- Macedonian: 'Рт на Добрата Надеж
- Macedonian: ’Рт на Добра Надеж
- Malay: Tanjung Harapan, Afrika Selatan
- Malay: Tanjung Harapan
- Malayalam: പ്രതീക്ഷാ മുനമ്പ്
- Malayalam: പ്രതീക്ഷാ മുനമ്പ്
- Marathi: केप ऑफ गुड होप
- Northern Frisian: Kap Gud Hööb
- Northern Sami: Buoridoaivvonjárga
- Norwegian: Kapp det gode håp
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kapp det gode håp
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kapp det gode håp
- Occitan (post 1500): Cap de Bona Esperança
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܪܝܫܐ ܕܣܒܪܐ ܛܒܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Gōdes Hyhtes Næss
- Ossetian: Хорз Ныфсы сынæг
- Persian: دماغه امید نیک
- Polish: Przylądek Burz
- Polish: Przylądek Dobrej Nadziei
- Portuguese: Cabo da Boa Esperança
- Portuguese: Cape of Good Hope
- Portuguese: die Kaap van Goeie Hoop
- Romanian: Capul Bunei Speranțe
- Russia Buriat: Һайн Найдалай хушуу
- Russian: Мыс Доброй Надежды
- Russian: мыс Доброй Надежды
- Scots: Cape o Guid Howp
- Serbian: Рт добре наде
- Serbo-Croatian: Rt dobre nade
- Shona: Kepi reTariro Yakanaka
- Sicilian: Capu di Bona Spiranza
- Slovak: Mys dobrej nádeje
- Slovenian: Rt dobrega upanja
- Spanish: Cabo de Buena Esperanza
- Spanish: Cabo de las Tormentas
- Swahili: Rasi ya Tumaini Jema
- Swedish: Godahoppsudden
- Tamil: நன்னம்பிக்கை முனை
- Thai: แหลมกู๊ดโฮป
- Turkish: Ümit Burnu
- Ukrainian: Мис Доброї Надії
- Ukrainian: мис Доброї Надії
- Urdu: راس امید
- Uzbek: Yaxshi umid burni
- Vietnamese: Mũi Hảo Vọng
- Waray (Philippines): Kabo han Maupay nga Pag-asa
- Waray (Philippines): Kabo han Maupay nga Paglaom
- Welsh: Penrhyn Gobaith Da
- Western Frisian: Kaap de Goeie Hope
- Western Panjabi: راس امید
- Wu Chinese: 好望角
- Yue Chinese: 好望角
- Къуапэ ГугъэфӀ
- ’Рт на Добрата Надеж
Other Places Named Cape of Good Hope
In the Area
Cape of Good Hope is situated close to the locality Castle Rock and the suburb Miller Point.
Localities
- Blockhouse GapLocality, 17 km north
- Murdoch ValleySuburb, 17 km north
- Cape PeninsulaLocality, 17 km north
- Froggy PondSuburb, 17 km north
- Windmill BeachLocality, 18 km north
- The BouldersSuburb, 18 km north
Landmarks
- Diaz BeachBeach
- HəzrəBeach
- Cape Point S.W. LookoutScenic viewpoint
- Vasco DagamapiekPeak
- WW2 Radar StationRuins
- Radar Tower Contrete BaseRuins
Popular Destinations in Western Cape
Escape to a Random Place
Discover the capes Corlears Hook in Manhattan, United States and Pecan Point in Mississippi, United States.
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Cape of Good Hope. Photo: Zaian, Public domain.