VERDE, CAPE

French Cap Vert, promontory along the coast of Senegal that is the westernmost part of continental Africa. It is shaped like a triangle (about 9 miles per side), with the base of the triangle roughly along the north and its apex on the south, the site of the seaport of Dakar, capital of Senegal. Near Pointe des Almadies, the northwestern tip of the cape, lies Dakar's international airport, famous as a transatlantic ferrying point during World War II. Twin volcanic cones, the Deux Mamelles (Two Teats), dominate the landscape along the coast northwest of Dakar. See also Cape Verde Peninsula.