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Finisterre, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Finisterre, CapeFinisterre, Capefĭnĭstârˈ [key] [Lat. finis terrae=land's end], rocky promontory, extreme NW Spain, on the Atlantic coast of Galicia. Off the cape, the English won two…

Cape Cod

(Encyclopedia) Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low…

Cape Verde

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Cape Verde Cape Verde vûd [key], Port. Cabo Verde, officially Republic of Cape…

Hatteras, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Hatteras, CapeHatteras, Capehătˈərəs [key], promontory on Hatteras Island, a low, sandy, barrier bar between the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound, E N.C. Called the Graveyard of the…

Nordkyn, Cape

(Encyclopedia) Nordkyn, CapeNordkyn, Capenôrˈchün, n&oobreve;rˈ– [key], or KinnaroddenKinnaroddenchĭˈnärôdˌən [key], northernmost point of the European mainland, Finnmark co., N Norway, E of…

Eastern Cape

(Encyclopedia) Eastern Cape, province, 65,238 sq mi (168,966 sq km), S central South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. In 1994, under South Africa's post-…

Massachusetts Bay

(Encyclopedia) Massachusetts Bay, inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The bay, with its arms (Boston, Cape Cod, and Plymouth bays), extends 65 mi (105 km) from Cape Ann on the north to Cape Cod on the south…

cape buffalo

(Encyclopedia) cape buffalo, species of short-haired African ungulate, or hoofed mammal, Syncerus caffer. The cape, or African, buffalo may reach 7 ft (2.1 m) in length, weigh more than 1,500 lb (670…

They warn me of the fearful danger of relapsing

They warn me of the fearful danger of relapsingMetusque, RelabiMeditationJohn Donne IT is not in man's body, as it is in the city, that when the bell hath rung, to cover your fire, and rake…

May, Cape

(Encyclopedia) May, Cape: see Cape May.