Travel far enough south on the African continentand you'll end up on the wild and rugged Cape Point prTravel far enough south on the African continent and you'll end up on the wild and rugged Cape Point promontory. Although not the record-holder for Africa's most southerly point—that honor goes to Cape Agulhas roughly 93 miles to the southeast—the setting at Cape Point is absolutely breathtaking . The promontory's tip is made up of sheer sandstone cliffs and pyramid-shaped ridges that march into the roiling sea. Topping two of the peaks on the point are lighthouses, one old and one new. Our image shows the old lighthouse , in use between 1860 and 1919. Farther down the ridge toward the ocean is the new lighthouse , first lit the same year the old light was extinguished. Why the change? The old lighthouse would often be obscured by low-hanging fog, hiding its beacon from ships at sea... See more See less
