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Cape Lopez (French: Cap Lopez) is a headland on the coast of Gabon, west central Africa. The westernmost point of Gabon, it separates the Gulf of Guinea from the South Atlantic Ocean.[1] Cape Lopez is the northernmost point of a low, wooded island between two mouths of the Ogooué River.[2] There is an oil terminal at the southeast side of the cape, and the seaport of Port-Gentil lies about 10 km southeast of the cape.[2] A lighthouse has existed on the Cape since 1897; the current tower was built in 1911, but has been inactive for many years and is in danger of collapsing from erosion.[3]

It is named after the Portuguese explorer Lopes Gonçalves, who reached it circa 1474. In 1602, the Dutch explorer and writer Pieter de Marees published some images of its people.

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  Inhabitants of Kaap de Lopo Gonsalves, 1602

See also

• Battle of Cape Lopez

References

На других языках

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- [en] Cape Lopez

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[es] Cabo López

El cabo López es un importante cabo de la costa noroccidental de África Central, localizado en el extremo de la península de Mandji, de unos 50 km de longitud, que es el límite meridional del delta del río Ogooué. Es el punto más occidental de la costa gabonesa y, oceanográficamente, la Organización Hidrográfica Internacional considera que este cabo es el punto de división entre el golfo de Guinea y el océano Atlántico.[1]

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[ru] Лопес (мыс)

Лопес (фр. Cap Lopez) — мыс и полуостров длиной 55 км на западном побережье Центральной Африки в Габоне. Отделяет Гвинейский залив от Атлантического океана. Мыс находится в дельте реки Огове, недалеко от него расположен город Порт-Жантиль. С 1897 года на мысе расположен маяк, современное здание было построено в 1911 году[1].

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