Punta Durnford is a cape in
Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...
on the
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
, lying 6.7 km southwest of
Dakhla. It is the westernmost tip of the
Río de Oro Peninsula
The Río de Oro or Wad ad-Dahab Peninsula ( es, Península de Río de Oro or ) is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of ...
.
Headlands of Africa
Landforms of Western Sahara
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