Cape Zebib Explained

Cape Zebib
Other Name:Arabic: رأس زبيب
Type:Cape
Map:Tunisia
Relief:yes
Location:Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia
Coordinates:37.2656°N 10.0678°W

Cape Zebib (French: Cap Zebib; Arabic: رأس زبيب, Ras Zebib) is a headland in northern Tunisia near the town of Metline. The bay between Cape Guardia and Cape Zebib has the sandy Skala Beach; Skala was also an ancient port. Bizerte stands on the lowest part of the coast, which thence gradually rises to the cape. Jebel Kshapta is 13miles to the south-west of the cape.

Cape Zebib sits at the eastern extremity of Bizerte Road. Here, there are two cones 312feet high. Near the extremity of the cape, there is a small community. Cani Rocks, 5miles north/north-eastward from Cape Zebib, consist of two islets scarcely separated, extending 6 cables in a north-easterly and south-westerly direction, with outlying rocks and shoal patches. To the south-eastward of Cape Zebib, the coast is low with some cliffs and small beaches. These are bordered by sandy hillocks, a cultivated plain, and the village of Ras Jebel, eastward of which, the wooded hills extend to Jebel Nadur. Some rocks, covered and uncovered, lie off this coast.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Great Britain. Hydrographic Dept. Mediterranean Pilot. 27 January 2013. Public domain. 1913. Sold by J. D. Potter.. 432–.