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Pointe des Almadies

Landmark in Dakar

Pointe des Almadies
Photograph by Jeff Attaway · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Pointe des Almadies or Point Almadies ([pwɑ̃t dez‿almadi] "bark canoe point") is the westernmost point on the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasian landmass, lying at 17.5 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, 8 degrees further west than Cabo da Roca, mainland Europe's westernmost point. Pointe des Almadies is located on the north-western end of the Cap Vert peninsula in Senegal.

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