Cape Trafalgar is a headland

Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment.- Geology and geography :Headlands and bays are often found on the same coastline. A bay is surrounded by land on three sides, whereas a headland is surrounded by water on three sides. Headlands are characterized by high,...

 in the Province of Cádiz in the south-west of Spain

Spain

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. It lies on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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, northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar

Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq , albeit the Arab name for the Strait is Bab el-Zakat or...

. The name is of Arabic origin, with the modern pronunciation being a corruption of 'Tarf al-Gharb' meaning 'Western Cape' or 'Cape of the West'.

The Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of Trafalgar

The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....

, an 1805 naval battle in which the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 destroyed Napoleon

Napoleon I of France

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's combined Spanish

Spain

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 and French

First French Empire

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 fleet, took place off the cape.

Lighthouse

There is a 34-metre-high lighthouse (51 metres above sea level), . Built in 1860 close to the Arabic almenara with the same name, the light can be seen for 22 miles. Its international number is D-2406 and its characteristic is GpFl(2+1) W 15 sec

Second

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