Cap Bougaroûn (Arabic: رأس بوقارون Ras Bougaroun "Cap the Horns" or "Horned Cap") or the Seven Caps (Arabic Seba Rous) is a cape in Algeria in Skikda Province.
Cap Bougaroûn
Cape Bougaroun | |
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  Cap Bougaroûn Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 37°05′16″N 6°28′03″E / 37.08778°N 6.46750°E |
The Cape constitutes the western end of the Gulf of Skikda, opposite the Cap de Fer, and forms a peninsula which is the most important of the Algerian coast. It is the northernmost point of Algeria.[1]
In the first century, it was named Cape Treton (Greek Τρητόν "Chiseled") in the Geography of Strabo.[2] It marked the limit between the Masaesyli in the west and the Massylii in the east.[3]
The November 6, 1943, the Luftwaffe conducted the Action off Cape Bougaroun on Convoy KMF-25A composed of 26 transport ships escorted by 15 Allied warships, in which six ships were sunk and six German planes were shot down.
References
edit- ^ Côte, Marc (1996). Guide d'Algérie : paysages et patrimoine (in French). Média-Plus. p. 171. ISBN 9961-9-2200-X.
- ^ Strabo (1932). Geography XVII.3 9,12. Translated by Jones, Horace Leonard. Loeb Classical Library. p. 173. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ Gsell, Stéphane (1929). Histoire ancienne de l'Afrique du Nord v.3 (in French). p. 176.
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