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What is the southernmost country in Africa?
South Africa
The southernmost country of the African continent, South Africa is bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Eswatini. South Africa entirely surrounds Lesotho in the east.
What is the bottom of South Africa called?
The Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope is located at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, which is also home to Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa. The Cape was originally named the Cape of Storms in the 1480s by the Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias.
What is the tip of Africa?
The tip is Africa is called the Cape of Good Hope.
What ocean borders South Africa?
South Atlantic Ocean
Q: What oceans border South Africa? A: The Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic Ocean.
Who named Cape Agulhas?
It is believed that L’Agulhas was discovered in the early 1400’s by the Portuguese and finally on 16 May 1488 Bartholomew Dias named the most southern point of Africa after St Agulhas.
Is there an ocean in South Africa?
South Africa has a coastline of some 3 000 km, Namibia 1 572 km and Mozambique 2 470km. This part of the African continent is located close to three Oceans, namely the South Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean.
What 5 continents touch the Atlantic Ocean?
Five continents touched by the ATLANTIC OCEAN: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Antarctica.
What two countries are surrounded by South Africa?
South Africa is bordered by Namibia to the northwest, by Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, and by Mozambique and Swaziland to the northeast and east. Lesotho, an independent country, is an enclave in the eastern part of the republic, entirely surrounded by South African territory.
What are three oceans that surround Africa?
The continent is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, and on the south by the mingling waters of the Atlantic and Indian oceans.