Agulhas
Americannoun
noun
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Earlier this year, he broke a world record by traveling “cape to cape” from Nordkapp, Norway, to Cape Agulhas, South Africa, in 28 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
At the same time, temperatures in the Agulhas region fell by about 3 degrees Celsius.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
In the case of the Agulhas Current, researchers in 2016 reported that since the 1990s its flow had grown broader and was more likely to create potent eddies.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 15, 2024
He had set off from Cape Agulhas, South Africa, on April 22, 2023.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
Rodriguez shows that the compass at Cape Agulhas has no variation if it is of Portuguese construction, in which the needles are inclined half a rumbe to the East.
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