[:ja]アンドルー・モーガン宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したセネガルのアフリカ最西端のヴェルデ岬です。

Credit: Andrew Morgan, NASA

セネガルは、西アフリカ、サハラ砂漠西南端に位置する共和制をとる国家です。西は大西洋に面し、カーボベルデと海上の国境を接しており、領内にはアフリカ大陸最西端で、カーボデルデの国名の由来となっているベルデ岬を抱えています。首都ダカールはアフリカ大陸の西端に位置し大西洋横断貿易において重要な位置を占め、この地域の主要港湾であり、コートジボワールのアビジャンと並んでフランス語圏西アフリカの商業の中心都市です。パリ・ダカール・ラリーの終着点だったことでも知られています。ダカールはステップ気候に分類され、雨季は短く乾季は長いです。1445年、このヴェルデ岬にポルトガルのエンリケ航海王子の派遣した船団が到達しました。

地上の様子はこちらです。

Credit: Wikipedia

参考文献: Andrew Morgan’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る: LiVEARTH

[Earthview Wonders] No.977: Cap-Vert Peninsula, Senegal🇸🇳

Astronaut Andrew Morgan captured from ISS Cap-Vert Peninsula, Senegal.

Credit: Andrew Morgan, NASA

Senegal is a country in West Africa. The Senegalese landscape consists mainly of the rolling sandy plains of the western Sahel which rise to foothills in the southeast. The Cape Verde islands lie 560km off the Senegalese coast, but Cap-Vert (“Cape Green”) is a maritime placemark, set at the foot of “Les Mammelles”, a 105m cliff resting at one end of the Cap-Vert peninsula onto which is settled Senegal’s capital Dakar, and 1km south of the “Pointe des Almadies”, the westernmost point in Africa. Dakar, the capital of the country is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland.

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Andrew Morgan’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.977: Cap-Vert Peninsula, Senegal🇸🇳

Astronaut Andrew Morgan captured from ISS Cap-Vert Peninsula, Senegal.

Credit: Andrew Morgan, NASA

Senegal is a country in West Africa. The Senegalese landscape consists mainly of the rolling sandy plains of the western Sahel which rise to foothills in the southeast. The Cape Verde islands lie 560km off the Senegalese coast, but Cap-Vert (“Cape Green”) is a maritime placemark, set at the foot of “Les Mammelles”, a 105m cliff resting at one end of the Cap-Vert peninsula onto which is settled Senegal’s capital Dakar, and 1km south of the “Pointe des Almadies”, the westernmost point in Africa. Dakar, the capital of the country is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland.

The local scenery on the ground is as follows.

Credit: Wikipedia

Reference: Andrew Morgan’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH[:]