Cape Trafalgar

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Cape Trafalgar
Cape Trafalgar

Cape Trafalgar (36°11′N, 6°2′W) (Spanish: Cabo Trafalgar; Arabic: الطرف الأغرّ‎, Al-taraf al-agharr, which means: "the farthest edge") is a headland in Cadiz Province in the south-west of Spain.

The Battle of Trafalgar, an 1805 naval battle in which the British Royal Navy destroyed Napoleon's combined Spanish and French fleet, took place off the cape.


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