The southernmost point of Europe Bashny.Net

If we talk about the most southern point of Europe, as a continent, then this place is considered to Cape Morrocco, which is the southern outskirts of the town of Tarifa, in the province of Cadiz, Spain. In fact, this cape once belonged to the island.





However, after some time, the man decided to join the island to the mainland kind of dam. Thus, the island became a peninsula, and its extreme southern point has become the most southern place of continental Europe. Island peninsula Las Palomas is located at the narrowest point of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Cape of Morrocco to the African continent only 14 kilometers. Prior to the 2001 year are based military unit. Now Las Palomas Spain recognized as a protected area and protected by the state.