Cabo de Gata

{{Short description|Cape in Almería, Andalusia, Spain}}

{{Infobox landform

| name = Cabo de Gata

| type = Cape

| photo = Panoramica del Cabo de Gata, Almeria (Almeria).jpg

| photo_caption = Panoramic of Cabo de Gata

| map = Spain

| map_relief = yes

| location = Níjar, Almería

| coordinates = {{coord|36|43|19|N|2|11|35|W}}

}}

Cabo de Gata (Cape of Cats) is a cape located in Níjar, Almería in the south of Spain, one of the biggest capes.{{cite web |url=http://patrimoniosdelmundo.es/archives/2854 |title=Cabo de Gata, Almería |access-date=19 July 2020 |work=Patrimonios del Mundo |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205004610/http://patrimoniosdelmundo.es/archives/2854 |archive-date=5 February 2012}} It is the driest place in the Iberian Peninsula (150–170 mm average precipitation, the lowest being 52 mm in 1981).{{cite book |last=Capel Molina |first=José Jaime |year=1986 |title=El Clima de la provincia de Almería}}{{cite journal |url=http://aguas.igme.es/igme/publica/libros1_HR/libro110/Pdf/lib110/in_4.pdf |title=Climatología en Andalucía |work=Instituto Geológico y Minero de España |language=es |publisher=Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades. Gobierno de España}} The area that it occupies is not considered a desert, even though the Tabernas Desert is nearby, {{cvt|30|km}} to the north-west. The lowest temperature registered in Cabo de Gata was 0.0 °C.{{cite journal |url=https://www.divulgameteo.es/fotos/meteoroteca/Clima-Cabo-Gata.pdf |title=Las salinas de Cabo de Gata |page=30–40 |work=Divulga Meteo |language=es}}

San José, Las Negras, Agua Amarga, Isleta del Moro, Rodalquilar, San Miguel, Almadraba de Moteleva, Fernán Pérez, Las Hortichuelas, Pozo de los Frailes, Los Escullos, Níjar and Carboneras are towns found in Cabo de Gata.{{cite web |url=https://www.degata.com/cabo-de-gata/pueblos-cabo-de-gata.html |title=Pueblos de Cabo de Gata |access-date=19 July 2020 |work=Degata.com}} The lighthouse is a famous landmark.{{cite web |url=https://www.cabodegata.net/apasado.html |title=Pasado, presente y futuro de Cabo de Gata-Níjar |access-date=19 July 2020 |work=Cabo de Gata |language=es}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cabogataalmeria.com/Cabo-Gata/Pueblos-Lugares/Visita-Turistica/Faro-Cabo-Gata.html |title=Faro del Cabo de Gata |access-date=19 July 2020 |work=Cabo de Gata Almería |language=es}}

On 26 March 2008 it was declared Parque Natural.{{cite journal |url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/medioambiente/web/aplicaciones/Normativa/ficheros/Decreto%20Cabo%20de%20Gata-Nijar.pdf |title=Decreto 37/2008, de 5 de febrero, por el que se aprueba el Plan de Ordenación de los Recursos Naturales y el Plan Rector de Uso y Gestión del Parque Natural Cabo de Gata-Níjar y se precisan los límites del citado Parque Natural. |date=26 March 2008 |access-date=19 July 2020 |issue=59 |page=113-200 |journal=BOJA |publisher=Junta de Andalucía |first=Manuel |last=Chaves González |author-link=Manuel Chaves González}}