Dakar
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Dakar is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city in the Old World and on the African mainland. Its position, on the western edge of Africa, is an advantageous departure point for trans-Atlantic and European trade; this fact aided its growth into a major regional port.
Open Water Swimming
- It was the start of Ben Hooper's transatlantic solo stage swim from Senegal to Brazil.
- It is site of the annual 5.2 km ocean swim from Dakar to Gorée called Traversée à la nage Dakar-île de Gorée.
External links
- J’ai Fait Dakar-Gorée
- The Past versus Contemporary History In Gorée
- Benjamin Hooper To Become 21st Century Columbus
- Pacific And Atlantic Transoceanic Swims To Begin
- Offshore Odysseys On The Increase
- What Does It Take To Swim Across An Ocean?
- Ben Hooper To Be Protected In The Big Arena
- Pacific And Atlantic Transoceanic Swims To Begin
- Swimming Across The Currents Of The Big Blue
- Getting Carried Away In Atlantic Ocean
- Preparing For Swimming The Big Blue
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Swim The Big Blue Update From Ben Hooper
- The Past versus Contemporary History In Gorée
- Hundreds swim to former Senegal slave island in annual race
- World Open Water Swimming Association
