Cape Three Forks
Cape Three Forks, Cape des Trois Fourches, or Cape Tres Forcas is a headland on the Mediterranean coast of northeastern Morocco.
Geography
The cape is a large mountainous promontory of North Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. For centuries, this cape has provided both a nautical landmark and a maritime hazard for ships in the Alboran Sea. The Spanish exclave of Melilla surrounds a smaller cape on the eastern side of the peninsula.Names
In antiquity, the cape was known to the Phoenicians and Carthaginians as Rusadir, giving its name to a nearby port. The name meant "Powerful" or "High Cape", but can also be understood as "Cape of the Powerful One", in reference to Baal, Tanit, and other important Punic deities. It was known to the Romans as .Cape Three Forks is known in Spanish as, in French as, and in Arabic as Raʾs ith-Thalāth ash-Shawkāt or, all meaning "Cape of the Three Forks".
It was also known in Arabic as "Raʾs Uarc".