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Cape Roxo (Portuguese:Cabo Roxo,French:Cap Roxo) is aheadland inWest Africa, marking the westernmostfrontier ofGuinea-Bissau withSenegal. On the lower side is theSão Domingos district of theCacheu Region of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; above it is theOussouye Department of theZiguinchor Region of the Republic of Senegal.
Cape Roxo marks a significant angle shift in the outline of the African coast, with the coast running north–south above it, and turning southeast below it.
It was originally calledCapo Rosso byVenetian explorerAlvise Cadamosto in 1456 on account of its reddish appearance (rosso = red inItalian).[1] Although it is sometimes found translated asCabo Vermelho in some old Portuguese maps, Cadamosto's Italian term was largely adopted asCabo Roxo by mostPortuguese cartographers (inPortuguese,roxo means 'purple', so it did not sound foreign.)[2]
It should not be confused with Cape Rouge (or "Red Cape") further north, on thePetite Côte of Senegal.
12°20′8″N16°42′47″W / 12.33556°N 16.71306°W /12.33556; -16.71306
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