Cape Chaunar
Cabo de Não (Cape Nun) | |
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  Cape Chaunar Location in Morocco | |
| Coordinates: 29°16′N 10°018′W / 29.267°N 10.300°W | |
| Country | Morocco |
Cape Chaunar, Cap Uarsig, Cape Nun, Cap Noun, Cabo de Não or Nant[1] is a cape on the Atlantic coast of Africa, in southern Morocco, between Tarfaya and Sidi Ifni. By the 15th century it was considered insurmountable by Arabs and Europeans, thus resulting in the name meaning cape "no" in Portuguese. Cape Chaunar is the true northern coastal limit of the Sahara desert, although nearby Cape Bojador is frequently mistakenly called this.[2]
- ^ Alexandre Magno de Castilho, "Descripção e roteiro da costa occidental de Africa: desde o cabo de Espartel até o das Agulhas, Volume 1", p.62, Imprensa Nacional, 1866 (description of the western African coast in Portuguese)
- ^ Alexandre Magno de Castilho, "Descripção e roteiro da costa occidental de Africa", p.65