Cape Bon

Cape Bon
Peninsula
Cape Bon from space (false color)
Location in Tunisia
Coordinates: 36°45′N 10°45′E / 36.750°N 10.750°E / 36.750; 10.750
LocationNabeul Governorate, Tunisia

Cape Bon ("Good Cape"), also known as Res et-Teib (Arabic: الرأس الطيب), Shrīk Peninsula, or Watan el Kibli, is a peninsula in far northeastern Tunisia. Cape Bon is also the name of the northernmost point on the peninsula, also known as Res ed-Der, and known in antiquity as the Cape of Mercury (Latin: Promontorium Mercurii; Ancient Greek: Ερμαία ἄκρα) or Cape Hermaeum.

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