Phare des Mamelles

Dakar, Senegal

Les Mamelles Lighthouse (French: Phare des Mamelles) is a strategically important lighthouse situated near Cap Vert, the westernmost point of Africa, on the outskirts of Dakar the capital of Senegal. Completed in 1864, it has been described as "one of the world's great lighthouses, guiding ships aro

und the western tip of Africa". It is located on the higher of the Deux Mamelles, a pair of prominent hills in Ouakam, a suburban commune of Dakar, 4 km southeast of Almadies and 9 km northwest of Dakar on the Cap-Vert peninsula.

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Nearby

Mosquée de la Divinité mosque · 2 km away
Almadies Arrondissement cinema · 2 km away
Stade de Ngor stadium · 3 km away
Penisola di Capo Verde island · 3 km away
Aeroporto Internazionale Léopold Sédar Senghor attraction · 3 km away
Dakar attraction · 4 km away
Pointe des Almadies monumenti · 4 km away
Ngor monumenti · 4 km away