Cape of San Diego
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San Diego is a city in California, United States.San Diego may also refer to:- Argentina :* Cabo San Diego, the easternmost point of the Mitre Peninsula, on Tierra del Fuego in southern Argentina- United States :...



Cape San Diego is a cape located in Gongliao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Taiwan
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. The cape is the easternmost point of the main Taiwan island, and also the easternmost cape of Taiwan. On May 5, 1626, a Spanish
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 fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan (present Fulong) as San Diego. Later this name was extended to the nearby cape.

There is a lighthouse
Lighthouse
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 situated on the Cape San Diego, called San Diego Light.

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