Cabo de Gata is a cape located in Níjar, Almería in the south of Spain, one of the biggest capes.

[2][3] However, the area that it occupies is not considered a desert, even though there is one nearby: the Tabernas Desert, located 30 km in a northwest direction.

The lowest temperature registered in Cabo de Gata was 0.1 °C.

[4] San José, Las Negras, Agua Amarga, Isleta del Moro, Rodalquilar, San Miguel, Almadraba de Moteleva, Fernán Pérez, Las Hortichuelas, Pozo de los Frailes, Los Escullos, Níjar and Carboneras are towns found in Cabo de Gata.

[6][7] On 26 March 2008 it was declared Parque Natural.