Cape Palmas
Coordinates: 4 ° 22 '34 " N , 7 ° 43' 1" W.
The Cape Palmas in Liberia is located in the extreme southwest of West Africa . It consists of a small, rocky peninsula and is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land ( isthmus ).
location
The city of Harper is located on Cape Palmas . The entire Maryland region is often referred to as Cape Palmas. Just west of the cape is the mouth of the Hoffman River . Approx. 21 km to the east is the border between Liberia and the Ivory Coast , which is formed by the Cavalla River .
On the peninsula is the Cape Palmas Lighthouse , a former lighthouse that warned of the numerous shallows in the waters and is now used as a popular observation tower.
The offshore tiny island Russwurm Island is a bare rock on the southeast side of Cape Palmas, rising barely 10 meters from the sea at the highest point.
history
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The first European to see Cape Palmas was the Portuguese explorer Diogo Gomes in 1458 . He toured the west coast of Africa on behalf of Henry the Navigator . When he got to the point from which the coast branches off to the east, he called this point Cabo das Palmas , which means Cape of the Palms in English and developed into the current name. The adjacent river was also called Rio das Palmas first and was later renamed Hoffman River .
