Punta Gallinas (English spelling)

Japanese: ガイナス[岬]（英語表記）Punta Gallinas

Cape La Guajira is the northernmost cape in South America, located at the tip of the Guajira Peninsula, which juts out into the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is 12°28' north latitude and 71°40' west longitude. The Caribbean coastal area around here has an arid climate with an average annual temperature of 28°C and an average annual precipitation of less than 500mm. Due to the low seawater temperature caused by subsidence air currents and upwelling currents, it is an area with unusually little rain for such a low latitude. There are two dry seasons, from December to April and July to August, and there is almost no rain in January to March in particular. This has resulted in semi-desert vegetation. [Yanagimachi Harumi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

コロンビア北部，カリブ海に突き出たグアヒラ半島先端に位置する南アメリカ大陸最北端の岬。北緯12゜28′，西経71゜40′。この付近のカリブ海沿岸地帯は年平均気温28℃，年降水量500mm以下の乾燥気候下にあり，沈降気流と湧昇流による低海水温のため，低緯度としては異例な少雨域となっている。12～4月と7～8月の2回乾季があり，とくに1～3月にはほとんど雨が降らない。このため半砂漠的な植生がみられる。【柳町晴美】

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