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Agulhas

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A·gul·has  (-gls), Cape
A rugged headland of South Africa, the southernmost point of Africa. Its meridian, longitude 20° east, marks the division between the Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Agulhas [əˈgʌləs]
n
(Placename) Cape. a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
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His mightiness was sometimes very overwhelming; but even when you had to defy him openly, as on the banks of the Agulhas homeward bound from the East Indies, or on the outward passage round the Horn, he struck at you fairly his stinging blows (full in the face, too), and it was your business not to get too much staggered.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
 
 
 
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