Natural feature
Cape of Good Hope
Windswept headland of sheer cliffs where two oceans appear to meet, ringed by dive-worthy shipwrecks.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to Cape of Good Hope opens with a question: why would a lighthouse built to save ships end up helping to sink one. It traces the old stone tower first lit in 1860 atop Cape Point, its blind spot in the cloud that rolls in exactly when storms hit, and the Portuguese liner Lusitania inbound with hundreds of passengers on the night of 18 April 1911. Captain Faria set his course by a beam that mist had already begun to swallow.
This audio guide was created using AI.