Cabo Gracias a Dios
Cabo Gracias a Dios, known in Miskito as Kip Almuk (“Old Cape”)[1][2], is a prominent headland situated at the midpoint of the eastern coast of Central America, marking the geographical apex of the Mosquito Coast. It is the point where the Coco River flows into the Caribbean Sea.
The point was designated as the official Honduras–Nicaragua border by an award of King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906, and confirmed by the International Court of Justice in 1960. The exact terminal point was determined to be at 14°59.8'N 83°08.9'W.[3]
The name is Spanish for "Cape Thank God" and is said to have been bestowed by Christopher Columbus on his last voyage in 1502 when the weather calmed suddenly as he rounded the cape during a severe storm. This incident also gave the name to Honduras, which means 'depths' in Spanish, since the complete phrase is said to have been 'Gracias a Dios hemos salido de esas Honduras', or 'Thank God we have come out from those depths', and both places were automatically named at that very moment.
Geography
Climate
| Climate data for Cabo Gracias a Dios | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
29 (84) |
31 (87) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (87) |
31 (88) |
32 (89) |
32 (89) |
31 (87) |
29 (85) |
29 (85) |
31 (87) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (71) |
21 (70) |
22 (71) |
23 (73) |
23 (74) |
23 (74) |
23 (74) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 250 (9.9) |
200 (7.8) |
79 (3.1) |
130 (5.3) |
410 (16) |
640 (25) |
300 (12) |
200 (8) |
430 (17) |
510 (20) |
530 (21) |
250 (10) |
3,900 (155) |
| Source: Weatherbase [4] | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ Nietschmann, Bernard (1989-10-12). The Unknown War: The Miskito Nation: Nicaragua, and the United States. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-932088-41-3.
- ^ "Miskito. Historia". pueblosoriginarios.com. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ^ "Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea (Nicaragua v. Honduras)" (PDF). International Court of Justice. 8 October 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ^ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Cabo Gracias a Dios, Nicaragua". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on April 19, 2013.
External links
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14°59′48″N 83°08′54″W / 14.99667°N 83.14833°W