Cape, the most southern point of Africa, 100 miles eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, in Lat. 34° 51'. 30. S. Long. 19° 55'. 30. E. It rises 155 feet above the sea; and in 1849 a lighthouse was opened on it nearer the water. An immense bank, the Agulhas Bank, extends from the Cape of Good Hope along this coast to the great Fish River, a distance of 560 miles, with a general breadth of 100; but opposite to the Cape it projects 100 miles more southward. The great oceanic current from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic sets along its outward edge, and has sharply defined it. The soundings on the bank westward of Cape Agulhas show a muddy hollow in the bottom of the sea; but eastward it is sandy, with a mixture of comminuted shells. The oceanic current has such velocity that ships are often set far to the westward, and round the Cape of Good Hope, even against a smart breeze. The bank abounds with fish; and the approach to it is denoted by the appearance of many toothed whales such as the dolphin, sharks, seals, and innumerable sea-birds.