Cabo de Gata

Cabo de Gata
Cape
Panoramic of Cabo de Gata
Cabo de Gata
Coordinates: 36°43′19″N 2°11′35″W
Location	Níjar, Almería

Cabo de Gata is a cape located in Níjar, Almería in the south of Spain, one of the biggest capes.^[1] It is the driest place in the Iberian Peninsula (150-170 mm average precipitation, the lowest being 52 mm in 1981).^[2][3] However, the area that it occupies is not considered a desert, even though there is one nearby: the Tabernas Desert, located 30 km in a northwest direction. The lowest temperature registered in Cabo de Gata was 0.1 °C.^[4]

San José, Las Negras, Agua Amarga, Isleta del Moro, Rodalquilar, San Miguel, Almadraba de Moteleva, Fernán Pérez, Las Hortichuelas, Pozo de los Frailes, Los Escullos, Níjar and Carboneras are towns found in Cabo de Gata.^[5] The lighthouse is a famous landmark.^[6][7]

On 26 March 2008 it was declared Parque Natural.^[8]

References

1. "Cabo de Gata, Almería". Patrimonios del Mundo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
2. Capel Molina, José Jaime (1986). El Clima de la provincia de Almería.
3. "Climatología en Andalucía" (PDF). Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (in Spanish). Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Gobierno de España.
4. "Las salinas de Cabo de Gata" (PDF). Divulga Meteo (in Spanish): 30-40.
5. "Pueblos de Cabo de Gata". Degata.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
6. "Pasado, presente y futuro de Cabo de Gata-Níjar". Cabo de Gata (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
7. "Faro del Cabo de Gata". Cabo de Gata Almería (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2020.
8. Chaves González, Manuel (26 March 2008). "Decreto 37/2008, de 5 de febrero, por el que se aprueba el Plan de Ordenación de los Recursos Naturales y el Plan Rector de Uso y Gestión del Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar y se precisan los límites del citado Parque Natural" (PDF). BOJA (59). Junta de Andalucía: 113-200. Retrieved 19 July 2020.

External links

• Media related to Cabo de Gata at Wikimedia Commons