The extreme points of Africa: the coordinates of Cape Ben Secka. White Cape and the city of Bizerte

Each continent of the planet has its extreme points: northern, southern, western and eastern. In the article we will talk about the extreme northern point of Africa - Cape Ben Secka. Where is it? What are the coordinates of Cape Ben Secch? Which settlement is closest to this point?

Africa and its extreme points

Africa is divided by the equator line almost in the middle. In this regard, the natural features of the northern and southern parts of this continent are mirror-similar. This is the hottest continent of the Earth: no other continent of the planet receives as much solar heat per year.

The area of ​​Africa is about 30 million square meters. km The contours of the mainland are cut relatively weakly. The continent is washed by the waters of two oceans - the Indian and Atlantic. In the north, it borders with Europe (via the Mediterranean Sea), and in the northeast - with Asia (via the Red Sea).

Which points are extreme for Africa? There are, as expected, only four of them. It:

• Cape Ben Secka (northern);
• Cape Igolny (southern);
• Cape Almadi (western);
• Cape Ras Gafun (eastern).

What are the coordinates of Cape Ben Secch, and where is it located? Read about it later.

Geographic coordinates of Cape Ben Seca and its description

This cape has four different names: Ben-Secka, El Abyad, Ras Engel and, finally, Blanco ("white" in translation and Spanish). It is located in Tunisia, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The nearest city is 10 kilometers from here. And from the capital of Tunisia (the city of the same name), the cape is separated by a distance of 70 km.

The exact coordinates of Cape Ben Secka are as follows:

It will not be superfluous to note that the geographical "address" of a particular point is not always denoted in this way. Below are the coordinates of Cape Ben Seca in the so-called decimal degrees:

The extreme northern point of Africa is located in a rather wild and inaccessible place. A modest, but rather beautiful monument in the form of a metal contour of the mainland is installed on the cape (all states of the "black continent" are also highlighted inside). Two kilometers to the east is a gorgeous and almost deserted sandy beach, where you can relax after visiting such a symbolic place.

Bizerte - the closest city to Cape Ben Seca

Ten kilometers south-east of the cape is the city of Bizerte, which is home to about 125 thousand people. This is an important industrial and transport center of Tunisia. In addition, the main base of the naval forces of this country is located here.

Bizerte is one of the oldest cities in the Mediterranean. It was founded about 3 thousand years ago! The city is quite picturesque: on three sides it is surrounded by forests and slopes of an extinct volcano. A chain of beautiful sandy beaches stretches along the coast.

Among the snow-white houses of Bizerte, many sights and monuments have been preserved. So, here you can see a medieval Arab fortress, a citadel, a mosque of the 17th century, visit an interesting oceanographic museum, wander through the streets of the old colonial city, built by the French. But tourists in Bizerte should be careful: in the city there are quite a lot of military facilities and institutions, photographing which is strictly prohibited.