Cape Guardafui

Cape Guardafui Gees Gardafuul Capo Guardafui Aromata promontorium
Cape Guardafui c. 1900
Nicknames:  Ras Asir راس عسير
Cape Guardafui location
Coordinates: 11°50′N 51°17′E / 11.833°N 51.283°E / 11.833; 51.283
Country	Somalia
Regional State	Puntland
Region	Bari
District	Alula
Time zone	UTC+3 (EAT)

Cape Guardafui^[1] is a headland in the autonomous Puntland region in Somalia. Coextensive with Puntland's Gardafuul administrative province, it forms the geographical apex of the Horn of Africa. Its shore at 51°27'52"E is the second easternmost point on mainland Africa after Ras Hafun. The offshore oceanic strait Guardafui Channel (or Marinka Gardafuul) is named after it.