Cape Three Forks
Cape Three Forks as seen from the highlands over Melilla to its south
Location in Morocco.
Cape Three Forks 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 (Punic: