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Lizard Point, Cornwall. / 49.9591; -5.2065. Lizard Point (from Cornish an Lysardh 'the high court') in Cornwall is at the southern tip of the Lizard Peninsula. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of Lizard village in the civil parish of Landewednack and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Helston. [ 1]
The Lizard. Coordinates: 50°02′N 5°11′W. Lizard Point. Lizard Point. The Lizard ( Cornish: An Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at SW 701115; Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerly on the British mainland ...
Cape Point is the small cape jutting out towards the east from The Cape of Good Hope at the southern end of the Peninsula. The lighthouse is on Cape Point, rather than on the Cape of Good Hope to the west. The new lighthouse is at a lower elevation (87 meters; 285.5 feet above sea level ), for two reasons: the old lighthouse, located at 34°21 ...
The Zambezi(also spelled Zambezeand Zambesi) is the fourth-longestriverin Africa, the longest east-flowing river in Africa and the largest flowing into the Indian Oceanfrom Africa. Its drainage basincovers 1,390,000 km2(540,000 sq mi),[1][2]slightly less than half of the Nile's.
The common agama, red-headed rock agama or rainbow agama (Agama agama) is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa.To clear up centuries of historical confusion based on Linnaeus and other authors, Wagner et al. designated a neotype (numbered ZFMK 15222) for the species, using a previously described specimen from Cameroon in the collection of the ...
Binomial name. Cordylus cordylus. Linnaeus, 1758. Cordylus cordylus, the Cape girdled lizard, is a medium-sized lizard indigenous to the southern Cape region of South Africa, where it inhabits crags, rocky outcrops and mountain summits. They evade predators by wedging themselves firmly in rock cracks. [citation needed]
The Nile monitor ( Varanus niloticus) is a large member of the monitor family ( Varanidae) found throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in drier regions, and along the Nile River and its tributaries in East Africa. Additionally, there are modern, invasive populations in North America. The population found in West African forests ...
Geography of Africa. Africa is a continent comprising 63 political territories, representing the largest of the great southward projections from the main mass of Earth 's surface. [ 1] Within its regular outline, it comprises an area of 30,368,609 km 2 (11,725,385 sq mi), excluding adjacent islands. Its highest mountain is Kilimanjaro; its ...