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Cape Trafalgar (;〔("Trafalgar" ). ''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''.〕 (スペイン語:Cabo Trafalgar) (:ˈkaβo tɾafalˈɣaɾ), (アラビア語:رأس طرف الغرب)) is a headland in the Province of Cádiz in the south-west of Spain. The 1805 naval Battle of Trafalgar, in which the Royal Navy decisively defeated Napoleon's combined Spanish and French fleet, took place off the cape. It lies on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar at 36°10'58"N, 6°2'2"W. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the Western limit of the strait as a line that joins Cape Trafalgar to the North to Cape Spartel to the south. The most prominent structure on the cape is a 34-metre-high lighthouse (51 metres above sea level), the ', built in 1860. == Etymology== The name is of Arabic origin, corresponding possibly to ''Taraf al-Gharb'' ( 'cape of the west')〔Prof. Joseph E. Garreau, (A Cultural Introduction to the Languages of Europe )〕〔Richard Burton, (''The Arabian Nights'' ) (vol. 9)'s footnote 82〕 or ''Taraf al-Ghar'' ( 'cape of the cave/laurel').〔(A page of a professor of the Facultad de Filología of the Universidad de Salamanca )〕〔(Entry ''algar'' ), in ''DRAE'' dictionary〕〔 In both cases, ''taraf'' () literally means 'edge' or 'extremity'〔(''Taraf'' (‘extremity’) ) derives from the root ''tarafa'' (to wink)〕 and hence refers to a promontory (edge of the land). In modern Arabic, however, the place is sometimes re-transcribed as ''al-Taraf al-Aghar'' ().〔(Etymology and Meaning of ''Trafalgar'' )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cape Trafalgar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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