Cape Zebib (french: Cap Zebib; ar, رأس زبيب, ''Ras Zebib'') is a
headland
A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape.Whittow, John ...
in northern
Tunisia
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near the town of
Metline. The bay between Cape Guardia and Cape Zebib has the sandy
Skala Beach; Skala was also an ancient port.
Bizerte
Bizerte or Bizerta ( ar, بنزرت, translit=Binzart , it, Biserta, french: link=no, Bizérte) the classical Hippo, is a city of Bizerte Governorate in Tunisia. It is the northernmost city in Africa, located 65 km (40mil) north of the cap ...
stands on the lowest part of the coast, which thence gradually rises to the cape.
Jebel Kshapta is to the south-west of the cape.
Cape Zebib sits at the eastern extremity of Bizerte Road. Here, there are two cones high. Near the extremity of the cape, there is a small community. Cani Rocks, north/north-eastward from Cape Zebib, consist of two islets scarcely separated, extending 6 cables in a north-easterly and south-westerly direction, with outlying rocks and shoal patches. To the south-eastward of Cape Zebib, the coast is low with some cliffs and small beaches. These are bordered by sandy hillocks, a cultivated plain, and the village of
Ras Jebel
Ras Jebel, also known as Ras el-Djebel, is a town, commune, and archaeological site on Cap Sidi in the Bizerte Governorate of Tunisia.
The name of the city refers to the summit or end of the mountain, thus evoking the end of the Atlas Mountains ...
, eastward of which, the wooded hills extend to
Jebel Nadur. Some rocks, covered and uncovered, lie off this coast.
References
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