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Cape Verde

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Cape Verde vûd [key], Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape Verde, republic (...

Hatteras, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Hatteras, Cape hătˈərəs [key], promontory on Hatteras Island, a low, sandy, barrier bar between the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound, E N.C. Called the Graveyard of the Atlantic, the cape experien...

Nordkyn, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Nordkyn, Cape chĭˈnärôdˌən [key], northernmost point of the European mainland, Finnmark co., N Norway, E of North Cape, at lat. 71°8′N. ...

Eastern Cape

(Encyclopedia)Eastern Cape, province, 65,238 sq mi (168,966 sq km), S central South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. In 1994, under South Africa's post-apartheid constitu...

cape buffalo

(Encyclopedia)cape buffalo, species of short-haired African ungulate, or hoofed mammal, Syncerus caffer. The cape, or African, buffalo may reach 7 ft (2.1 m) in length, weigh more than 1,500 lb (670 kg), and reach ...

May, Cape

(Encyclopedia)May, Cape: see Cape May.

Cape Colony

(Encyclopedia)Cape Colony: see Cape Province.

East Cape

(Encyclopedia)East Cape: see Cape Dezhnev, Russia. ...

Taínaron, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Taínaron, Cape, Greece: see Matapan, Cape. ...

Cape Kennedy

(Encyclopedia)Cape Kennedy: see Cape Canaveral, Fla. ...

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