Cape Guardafui

Cape Guardafui
Gees Gardafuul
Capo Guardafui
Aromata promontorium
Cape Guardafui c. 1900
Cape Guardafui c. 1900
Nicknames: 
Ras Asir
راس عسير
Cape Guardafui location
Cape Guardafui location
Coordinates: 11°50′N 51°17′E / 11.833°N 51.283°E / 11.833; 51.283
Country Somalia
Regional State Puntland
RegionBari
DistrictAlula
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)

Cape Guardafui[1] is a headland in the federal state of Puntland in Somalia. Coextensive with Puntland's Gardafuul administrative province, it forms the geographical apex of the Horn of Africa. Its shore at 51°27'52"E is the second easternmost point on mainland Africa after Ras Hafun. The offshore oceanic strait Guardafui Channel (or Marinka Gardafuul) is named after it.

  1. ^ (Somali: Gees Gardafuul, or Raas Caseyr, or Ras Asir, Arabic: راس عسير, Italian: Capo Guardafui)