Tanoudert is a coastal town in

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

. It is located in the

Dakhlet Nouadhibou region Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region ( ar, ولاية داخلة نواذيبو, ''Wilayat Dakhlet Nouadhibou'', "Interior Nouadhibou Region") is an administrative division of Mauritania. Its regional capital is Nouadhibou, which is located at its northwes ...

and forms a part of the

Banc d'Arguin National Park The Banc d'Arguin National Park ( ar, حوض أركين) of Bay of Arguin lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and is the former mouth of the Tamanrasset River. The World Heritage Site is a m ...

. It is situated to a homonymous bay lying to the west and further west is Cape Tagarit (Cap-Tagair). Nearby towns and villages include

Cansado Cansado ( ar, كانصادو) is a coastal town in north-western Mauritania on the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. It is located in the Nouadhibou Department in the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region. It was built from scratch in the early 1960s for the staf ...

(110 km),

Bir Gandus Bir Gandus or Bir Gandouz ( ar, بئر كندوز , Moroccan Arabic: بير گندوز, Berber languages, Berber: Bir Genduz, es, Bir Ganduz) is a village in Western Sahara controlled by Morocco. As a Subdivisions of Morocco, rural commune of Mo ...

Tichla Tichla is a small town in the Western Sahara under the de-facto control of Morocco, which considers it as part of rural commune Aousserd Province in the Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab region. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total popu ...

Akjoujt Akjoujt (Arabic: أكجوجت) is a small city in western Mauritania. It is the capital of Inchiri region. "Akjoujt" (ɑk'ʤuʤt) means 'wells'. The city's main industry is gold and copper mining. History Archeologists have discovered that as ea ...

and

Iouik Iouik, also spelled Iwik, is a coastal town in western Mauritania. Located in the Banc d'Arguin National Park within the Dakhlet Nouadhibou region, it sits on a small peninsula. Nearby towns and villages include Uad Guenifa (73.4 nm), Cans ...

(43 km), further south is the town of Arkeiss.

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Mauritania Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region Populated coastal places in Mauritania {{Mauritania-geo-stub