Cap Bougaroûn

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
Cape
Cap Bougaroûn is located in Algeria
Cap Bougaroûn
Cap Bougaroûn
Algeria
Coordinates: 37°05′16″N 6°28′03″E

The Cape constitutes the western end of the Gulf of Skikda, opposite the fr: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 led an attack off Cape Bougaroun on the KMF-25A convoy composed of 26 transport ships escorted by 15 Allied warships, in which six ships were sunk and six German planes were shot down.

References
  1. Côte, Marc (1996). Guide d'Algérie : paysages et patrimoine (in French). Média-Plus. p. 171. ISBN 9961-9-2200-X.
  2. Strabo; Jones (tr.), Horace Leonard (1932). Geography XVII.3 9,12. Loeb Classical Library. p. 173. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. Gsell, Stéphane (1929). Histoire ancienne de l'Afrique du Nord v.3 (in French). p. 176.


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