Punta de Tarifa or Punta Marroquí (Tarifa Point or Moroccan Point) is the southernmost point of the

Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, def ...

and Continental Europe. It is located in the province of Cádiz and the

autonomous community eu, autonomia erkidegoa ca, comunitat autònoma gl, comunidade autónoma oc, comunautat autonòma an, comunidat autonoma ast, comunidá autónoma , alt_name = , map = , category = Autonomous administra ...

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a "historical nationality". The t ...

on the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

end of the Straits of Gibraltar. The coast of

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

can be seen from this point. The point is the southeastern tip of the former island, known as Isla de Tarifa or

Isla de Las Palomas Isla de Las Palomas is an island opposite the town of Tarifa at the southern end of the Punta de Tarifa at the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ...

, located offshore and now connected to the mainland by a causeway. The island was occupied by a military installation between the 1930s and 2001. The name of

Tarifa Tarifa (, Arabic: طريفة) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia. Located at the southernmost end of the Iberian Peninsula, it is primarily known as one of the world's most popular destinations for windsports. Tarifa ...

, both for the island and for the municipality, originates from

Tarif ibn Malik Tarif ibn Malik ( ar, طريف بن مالك) was a commander under Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Berber, Muslim and Umayyad general who led the conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711. Historical sources disagree on whether he was of a Berber or an Arab ...

, who in 711 started here the Islamic conquest of Hispania.

References

External links

* Ferrer-Gallardo, X., Albet-Mas, A., & Espiñeira, K. (2014). The borderscape of Punta Tarifa: concurrent invisibilisation practices at Europe’s ultimate peninsula. cultural geographies, 1474474014547336.http://cgj.sagepub.com/content/22/3/539.full.pdf+html {{DEFAULTSORT:Punta De Tarifa Tarifa

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