Agulhas

On the thirtieth, we made the most southern land of Africa, being cape Agulhas.
Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat|Edmund Roberts
Or thirty miles, if we exclude the five days wasted in a vain effort to stem the Agulhas current (see p. 15).
A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama 1497-1499|Unknown
Cape Agulhas, not far distant, is the real extremity of South Africa.
Six Months at the Cape|R.M. Ballantyne
One of these lonely towers stands more than eight hundred feet above the sea-level, and warns ships off the terrible Agulhas Bank.
Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876|Various

Here it strikes the Agulhas current at right angles, and hence possibly the deflection of a part of that current.
Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States|Raphael Semmes

British Dictionary definitions for Agulhas

Agulhas

/ (əˈɡʌləs) /

noun

Cape Agulhas a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent

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