Cape (geography)

[1] A cape usually represents a marked change in trend of the coastline,[2] often making them important landmarks in sea navigation.

This also makes them prone to natural forms of erosion, mainly tidal actions, resulting in a relatively short geological lifespan.

Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Odysseus each faced peril at the notoriously dangerous Cape Malea at the southeastern tip of the Peloponnese.

[6] Cape Gelidonya (then known as Chelidonia) on the coast of Turkey served as a bearing aid for ships heading to the Egyptian port of Canopus, directly to the south.

Cape Sidero on the eastern tip of Crete was a waypoint for Jason and the Argonauts returning from Libya as well as for Paul the Apostle as he traveled from Caesarea to Rome.