the name of a cape on the western coast of Africa, in a barren and dreary region, near the southern termination of the Great Desert. It forms the boundary of the bay of Arguin; and, with the exception of Cape Verd, it forms the most westerly point of the continent. The Portuguese discovered it in 1441; but the approach is not unattended with danger. It is in lat. 20. 47. N. There is another cape of the same name, near Mazagan, on the western coast of Morocco; lat. 33. 10. N. Also an- other in the territory of Tunis, not far from Bizerta; lat. 37. 15. N.