Ras Nouadhibou is a 40-mile peninsula or headland called also known as Cap Blanc (French), or Cabo Blanco (Spanish). Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... headLand was an Australian drama series produced by the Seven Network set in a university. ...

This thin stretch of land is divided between Mauritania and Western Sahara. On the western side, lies the Sahrawi town of Lagouira; on the eastern side, less than a mile from the border, lies Mauritania's Nouadhibou. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Lagouira or La Gouera is a city on the Atlantic coast at the southern tip of Western Sahara, on the western side of the Ras Nouadhibou peninsula. ... Nouadhibou (formerly Port Etienne; pop. ...