Cape of Good Hope

Japanese: 喜望峰 - きぼうほう(英語表記)Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope

A cape located at 34°21'S and 18°29'E, at the southwestern tip of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is located about 160 km northwest of Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of the African continent, at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, and at the western exit of False Bay. In Afrikaans, it is called Kaap de Goede Hoop. In 1488, the Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to visit this area and named it Cabo Tormentoso (Cape of Storms). Later, Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal renamed it the Cape of Good Hope in hopes of discovering a sea route to India. Then, in 1497, Vasco da Gama opened a sea route to India through here. The name Cape of Good Hope is said to have been named by King John II of Portugal to commemorate the discovery of the sea route to India. The cape's Vasco da Gama Peak has a steep cliff of about 250 meters, and the entire cape is designated as the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. Cape Point, which borders it to the east, is a famous tourist destination.

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Japanese:

南アフリカ共和国、西ケープ州の南西端、南緯34度21分、東経18度29分にある岬。アフリカ大陸最南端のアガラス(アグラス)岬の北西約160キロメートル、ケープ半島の南端、フォルス湾の西の出口に位置する。アフリカーンス語ではカープ・デ・フーデ・ホープKaap de Goede Hoopという。1488年、ポルトガルの航海者バルトロメウ・ディアスがヨーロッパ人として初めてこの地を訪れ、「嵐(あらし)の岬」Cabo Tormentosoと名づけた。その後、ポルトガルのエンリケ航海王子がインドへの航路発見を念じて喜望峰と改称した。そして1497年バスコ・ダ・ガマがここを通ってインドへの航路を開いた。喜望峰の名称の由来については、インド航路発見を記念してポルトガル王ジョアン2世が命名したともいう。岬のバスコ・ダ・ガマ峰は約250メートルの急崖(きゅうがい)をなし、岬一帯は喜望峰自然保護区に指定されている。東に接するケープ・ポイントは観光地として有名である。

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