Cape Point, where two oceans meet, Cape Town, Western Cape province

Cape Point is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and very scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent South of Cape Town.

It is located about 2.3 kilometres east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope

Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope are both situated within the Table Mountain National Park, a wild, unspoiled and undeveloped area, which is an important haven for seabirds.

PHOTO SOURCE: Friedrich von Horsten, courtesy of, and copyright, South Africa Tourism, a department of the government of South Africa, used with permission.

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