Punta Durnford

23°38′41″N 16°00′24″W / 23.64472°N 16.00667°W / 23.64472; -16.00667 Punta Durnford is a cape in Western Sahara Morocco .on the Atlantic Ocean, lying 6.7 km southwest of Dakhla. It is the westernmost tip of the Río de Oro Peninsula.

Punta Durnford has been identified as "The Horn of the West" mentioned by the Carthaginian Hanno the Navigator.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Filatova, Lyudmila; Gusev, Dmitri; Stafeyev, Sergey (May 2019). "Iterative Reconstruction of Ptolemy's West Africa Using Modern GIS Analysis". International Cartographic Association Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital 14th ICA Conference Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage: 27. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
  2. ^ Emery, K.O.; et al. (1974). "Suspended Matter and other Properties of Surface Waters of the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean". Journal of Sedimentary Petrology. 44 (4): 1087–1110. Retrieved March 21, 2026.


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