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Kaappunt is geleë op die Kaapse Skiereiland se suidoostelike hoek.

Dit is 'n skilderagtige, bergagtige voorgebergte wat sy noordelike rand het naby Kaapstad en Tafelberg en binne Tafelberg Nasionale Park, spesifiek die gedeelte van die park waarna verwys word as die Kaap van Goeie Hoop.

Daar is twee hoofpieke langs die rotsagtige sandsteenrif by Kaappunt, waarvan een duidelik die dominante spits is en het 'n ou ligtoring op sy kruin.

Die ligtoring kan bereik word deur die Flying Dutchman Kabelspoor.

Vandag is daar 'n nuwe ligtoring by Kaappunt wat op 'n laer vlak is, aangesien skepe wat om die punt gaan en ooswaarts vaar dit te gou kon sien, wat veroorsaak het dat hulle te naby aan die land gekom het.

Die hoër spits word ook gereeld geteister deur mis, wat die ouer ligtoring wat hoër op is nie-lewensvatbaar maak, omdat dit onsigbaar is in digte mis.

Aangesien Kaappunt lê in die groter area bekend as die Kaap van Goeie Hoop, is groot dele daarvan wild en ongerep en bied dit 'n werklik oorspronklike kykie na Afrika se plant- en dierelewe.

Die meeste van die plantegroei in die gebied is skiereiland sandsteen fynbos.

Kaappunt is ook binne-in die Kaapse Blommestreek, wat een van die wêreld se groenste gebiede is en verklaar is as 'n Wêrelderfenisgebied deur UNESCO.

Visvang is 'n gewilde aktiwiteit in Kaappunt, alhoewel visvang op die rotse daar baie gevaarlik kan wees, aangesien die seedeinings gereeld onvoorspelbaar is en 'n visserman maklik van die rotse af geveeg kan word na 'n ontydige einde in die donker waters.

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Cape Point is situated at the Cape Peninsula's southeastern corner.

It's a picturesque, mountainous promontory that has its northern margin near Cape Town and Table Mountain and within Table Mountain National Park, specifically the section of the park that's referred to as the Cape of Good Hope.

There are two main pinnacles along the rocky sandstone ridge at Cape Point, one of which is clearly the dominant peak and has an old lighthouse at its summit.

The lighthouse can be reached via the Flying Dutchman Funicular.

Today there's a new lighthouse at Cape Point which is at a lower level because ships going around the point and heading eastward could see it too soon, which caused them to come too close to the land.

Also the higher peak is often plagued by fog, which makes the older lighthouse that's higher up nonviable because it's invisible in heavy fog.

As Cape Point is in the larger area known as the Cape of Good Hope, much of it is wild and untouched, offering a truly pristine look at Africa's plant and animal life.

Most of the vegetation in the area is peninsula sandstone fynbos.

Cape Point is also inside the Cape Floral Region, which is one of the world's most verdant areas and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Fishing is a popular activity in Cape Point, although angling on the rocks there can be very hazardous as often the ocean swells there are very unpredictable and can easily sweep a fisherman off the rocks and to an untimely end in the dark waters.

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