The Cape of Good Hope is
a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast
of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
Dias called the cape Cabo das Tormentas ("Cape of Storms"),
which was the original name of the "Cape of Good Hope".
As one of the great capes of
the South Atlantic Ocean, the Cape of Good Hope has long been of special
significance to sailors, many of whom refer to it simply as "the Cape".It
is a waypoint on the Cape Route and
the clipper route followed by clipper ships to
the Far East and Australia,
and still followed by several offshore yacht races.
A common misconception is
that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa. This misconception
was based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the
Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
With
its diverse habitat, ranging from rocky mountain tops to beaches and open sea,
the Cape of Good Hope is home to at least 250 species of birds
including one of the two mainland colonies of African penguins. "Bush
birds" tend to be rather scarce because of the coarse, scrubby nature of
fynbos vegetation.
Notorious
for its violently stormy conditions, huge waves of over five metres as well as
wind speeds in excess of 30 knots make sailing around the rocky headland which
sits between the Atlantic and the Indian Oceans a perilous task. Freak waves
make sailing difficult, unpredictable crosscurrents even more so.
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