Pointe des Almadies
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Pointe des Almadies or Point Almadies ([pwɑ̃t dez‿almadi] "bark canoe point")[1] is the westernmost point on the continent of Africa and of the Afro-Eurasian landmass, lying at 17.5 degrees west of the Greenwich meridian, 8 degrees further west than Cabo da Roca, mainland Europe's westernmost point.[2] Pointe des Almadies is located on the north-western end of the Cap Vert peninsula in Senegal.[3]
Environs
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Pointe des Almadies lies within the greater Dakar urban area from the village of N'gor and the town of Yoff.[2][4]
Pointe des Almadies is a 30 minutes trip from downtown Dakar, Senegal's capital city, and is served by local transportation.[4] The site itself is approximately five kilometres (3 mi) from the Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport.[4] The Hôtel Méridien Présidentiel, the country's leading hotel and a major conference center, is located at Pointe des Almadies.[4]
Ecology
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An oceanic front exists in the waters off Pointe des Allmadies.[5] The waters of the equatorial northern flank are measurably warmer than the southern flank, with differences of 2 to 3 °C (3.5 to 5.5 °F).[5] This causes differences in water chlorophyll levels, and resultant differences in fish abundance on different sides of the peninsula.[5] The point is also a very good location for watching migratory seabirds[6]
Maritime boundary determination
[edit | edit source]Pointe des Almadies served an important role in a 1985 ruling that determined the maritime boundary between the nearby countries of Guinea and Guinea-Bissau.[7] Both Guinea and Guinea-Bissau have short coastlines, so an international tribunal measured the general trend of the central West African coast from landmarks in the adjacent countries Senegal and Sierra Leone.[7][8] Pointe des Almadies marks the north-western point of reference and Cape Schilling (Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.[9]) in Sierra Leone marks the south-eastern point of reference.[7] The maritime boundary between Guinea and Guinea-Bissau extends in a direction perpendicular to a line connecting the relative positions of these two landmarks.[7]
Surf
[edit | edit source]The Almadies peninsula was a featured location in the 1964 film The Endless Summer where Bruce Brown shot the film's stars Mike Hynson and Robert August at a reef near Pointe des Almadies.[10][11] The best surfing in Senegal is on the peninsula, with locations within walking distance on both the north and south sides of the peninsula.[10] Peak season is November through May.[10]
References
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External links
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