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- Cabo Gracias a Dios
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Cape Gracias a Dios
cape, Central America
Cape Gracias a Dios, extreme southeastern Honduras and northeastern Nicaragua, on an island forming part of the Coco River delta. It marks the end of the most noticeable protrusion of land into the Caribbean Sea between the Yucatán Peninsula and the South American mainland. It lies in the northern section of the Mosquito Coast, which was claimed by both Nicaragua and Honduras until the boundary was settled in 1960.
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