Ra's al-Abyad

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Coordinates: 37 ° 20 ′ 28 "  N , 9 ° 44 ′ 48"  E

Relief Map: Tunisia
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Ra's al-Abyad
Information board about 250 meters southeast of the northernmost point of the African mainland

Ra's al-Abyad ( Arabic الرأس الأبيض, DMG ar-Raʾs al-Abyaḍ , French Cap Blanc , both "White Cape") is a cape on the Tunisian Mediterranean coast around eleven kilometers west-northwest of the city of Biserta .

Sometimes it is incorrectly stated as the northernmost mainland point in Africa, but this is actually Ras ben Sakka, 8 kilometers further west and about one kilometer further north .

Panorama of the northernmost point of the African mainland