# Cape Angela

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{{Short description|Northernmost point in Africa}}
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| name = Cape Angela
| image = Cap Angela.jpg
| caption = Cape Angela
| type = [Cape](/source/Cape_(geography))
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| pushpin_map = Tunisia
| pushpin_relief = 1
| map_caption = Location in Tunisia
| pushpin_label_position = none
| location = [Bizerte Governorate](/source/Bizerte_Governorate), [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia)
| coordinates = {{coord|37.346944|9.742222|format=dms|display=title,inline}}
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'''Cape Angela''' ({{langx|fr|Cap Angela}}; {{langx|ar|رأس أنجلة}}) is a rocky [headland](/source/headland) in [Bizerte](/source/Bizerte_Governorate), [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia). Its tip, [Ras Ben Sakka](/source/Ras_Ben_Sakka), has been considered the northernmost point of the [African continent](/source/Africa) since 2014,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/22/c_136387025_4.htm|title=Scenery of Cape Angela - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=news.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2017-07-07}}{{dead link|date=July 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> replacing Cape Blanc ([Ras al-Abyad](/source/Ras_al-Abyad)), also in Tunisia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/tunisia/2014/12/02/tunisian-ras-angela-declared-africas-northernmost-point_622e5a79-10b1-48d2-bcc8-8bce23c93689.html|title=Tunisian Ras Angela declared Africa's northernmost point|publisher=|access-date=2016-06-10|archive-date=2016-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808065135/http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/tunisia/2014/12/02/tunisian-ras-angela-declared-africas-northernmost-point_622e5a79-10b1-48d2-bcc8-8bce23c93689.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is located about {{convert|15|km|sp=us}} from [Bizerte](/source/Bizerte), the northernmost city in Africa and {{convert|22|km|sp=us}} from [Ichkeul Lake](/source/Ichkeul_Lake).

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|File:Visite du Cap Angela, le point le plus septentrional de l'Afrique (Wiki Indaba 2018) 12.jpg|Monument
|File:Visite du Cap Angela, le point le plus septentrional de l'Afrique (Wiki Indaba 2018) 15.jpg|Monument
}}

==See also==
*[Cape Agulhas](/source/Cape_Agulhas), the southernmost point of Africa.

==References==
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