The name is Spanish for "Cape Thank God" and is said to have been bestowed by Christopher Columbus on his last voyage in 1502 when the weather calmed suddenly as he rounded the cape during a severe storm. This incident also gave the name to Honduras, which means 'depths' in Spanish, since the complete phrase is said to have been 'Gracias a Dios hemos salido de esas Honduras', or 'Thank God we have come out from those depths', and both places were automatically named at that very moment.
cabo, gracias, dios, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, januar. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Cabo Gracias a Dios news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Cabo Gracias a Dios is a cape located in the middle of the east coast of Central America within what is variously called the Mosquito Coast and La Mosquitia It is the point where the Rio Coco flows into the Caribbean and is the border between the Nicaraguan North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region and the Honduran department also known as Gracias a Dios Seen from space The point was designated as the official Honduras Nicaragua border by an award of King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906 and confirmed by the International Court of Justice in 1960 The exact terminal point was determined to be at 14 59 8 N 83 08 9 W 1 The name is Spanish for Cape Thank God and is said to have been bestowed by Christopher Columbus on his last voyage in 1502 when the weather calmed suddenly as he rounded the cape during a severe storm This incident also gave the name to Honduras which means depths in Spanish since the complete phrase is said to have been Gracias a Dios hemos salido de esas Honduras or Thank God we have come out from those depths and both places were automatically named at that very moment Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Climate 2 References 3 External linksGeography editClimate edit Climate data for Cabo Gracias a Dios Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Mean daily maximum C F 29 84 29 84 31 87 31 88 31 88 31 87 31 88 32 89 32 89 31 87 29 85 29 85 31 87 Mean daily minimum C F 22 71 21 70 22 71 23 73 23 74 23 74 23 74 24 75 23 73 22 72 22 72 23 73 23 73 Average precipitation mm inches 250 9 9 200 7 8 79 3 1 130 5 3 410 16 640 25 300 12 200 8 430 17 510 20 530 21 250 10 3 900 155 Source Weatherbase 2 References edit Territorial and Maritime Dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras in the Caribbean Sea Nicaragua v Honduras PDF International Court of Justice 8 October 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 30 August 2017 Retrieved 2017 10 10 Weatherbase Historical Weather for Cabo Gracias a Dios Nicaragua Weatherbase 2013 Retrieved on April 19 2013 External links edit nbsp Media related to Cabo Gracias a Dios at Wikimedia Commons14 59 48 N 83 08 54 W 14 99667 N 83 14833 W 14 99667 83 14833 nbsp This Nicaragua location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Honduras location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cabo Gracias a Dios amp oldid 1217546170, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
