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Place in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Cape São Roque (Port. Cabo de São Roque ) or Cape of Saint Roch , is a cape in the northeastern tip of Brazil .5°28′57 ″S 35°15′41 ″W / 5.48250°S 35.26139°W / -5.48250; -35.26139
Cape São Roque is located in the municipality of Maxaranguape , 51 km north of Natal , in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil . Cape São Roque is the "point" on the bend of the Brazilian mainland coast that is closest to the continent of Africa .[1]
The cape was first officially visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese mapping expedition led by André Gonçalves and Amerigo Vespucci , who named the spot after the saint of the day, St. Roch , whose feast day is August 16.
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