south africa cape of good hope post 3D Model

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the cape of good hope (afrikaans: die kaap van goeie hoop, dutch: kaap de goede hoop (help·info), portuguese: cabo da boa esperan?a) is a rocky headland on the atlantic coast of the cape peninsula, south africa.
there is a misconception that the cape of good hope is the southern tip of africa, because it was once believed to be the dividing point between the atlantic and indian oceans. in fact, the southernmost point is cape agulhas, about 150 kilometres (90 mi) to the east-southeast. the currents of the two oceans meet at the point where the warm-water agulhas current meets the cold water benguela current and turns back on itself—a point that fluctuates between cape agulhas and cape point.
when following the western side of the african coastline from the equator, however, the cape of good hope marks the point where a ship begins to travel more eastward than southward. thus, the first modern rounding of the cape in 14** by portuguese explorer bartolomeu dias was a milestone in the attempts by the portuguese to establish direct trade relations with the far east (although in his histories herodotus proves, disbelievingly, that some phoenicians had done so far earlier than this).[citation needed] dias called the cape cabo das tormentas. "cape of storms" was the original name of the "cape of good hope".[1]
as one of the great capes of the south atlantic ocean, the cape of good hope has been of special significance to sailors for many years and is widely referred to by them simply as "the cape."[2] it is a waypoint on the clipper route followed by clipper ships to the far east and australia, and still followed by several offshore yacht races.