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Cape Bojador (Arabic: رأس بوجادور, trans. Rā's Būjādūr; Berber languages: ⴱⵓⵊⴷⵓⵔ, Bujdur; Spanish and Portuguese: Cabo Bojador; French: Cap Boujdour) is a headland on the west coast of Western Sahara, at 26° 07' 37"N, 14° 29' 57"W (various sources give various locations: this is from the Sailing Directions for the ...
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Cape Bojador, extension of the West African coast into the Atlantic Ocean, now part of Western Sahara. Located on a dangerous reef-lined stretch of the coast, its Arabic name, Abū Khaṭar, means “the father of danger.” Early European navigators called it “the point of no return” until it was first.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The first stop beyond the Canary Islands was Cape Bojador, which, in addition to posing a profound physical barrier, constituted an even more formidable psychological one. At that time conventional wisdom maintained that the Sun was boiling hot at the Equator.
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Oct 4, 2021 · Cape Bojador is unknown to most people today but it was considered as the edge of the world for much of the worlds history. Any ship that sailed past it never returned. Only in the 15th century, the Iberians found a way to build ships that could withstand the strong Atlantic ocean flows at Bojador.
This place is situated in Saguia El Hamra, Western Sahara, its geographical coordinates are 26° 6' 53" North, 14° 23' 21" West and its original name (with diacritics) is Cabo Bojador. See Cabo Bojador photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of Cabo Bojador in Western Sahara. Cabo Bojador hotels map is available ...
The Boujdour lighthouse (or Cabo Bojador Light; French: Phare de Boujdour, Arabic: منارة راس بوجدور) is a lighthouse located near Cape Bojador in the city of Boujdour in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region of Morocco.
Cabo Bojador, français. Cap Boujdour) is a headland on the northern coast of Western Sahara, at 26° 07' 37"N, 14° 29' 57"W. (Various sources give various locations: this is from the Sailing Directions for the region.), as well as the name of a nearby town with a population of 41,178.
