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Line 3: '''Cabo Gracias a Dios''' is a [[cape (geography)\|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 end of the [[border]] of the [[Nicaragua]]n [[Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte]] and the [[Honduras\|Honduran]] department also known as [[Gracias a Dios department\|Gracias a Dios]]. The point was designated as the endpoint of the 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°59'08"N, 83°08'09"W. The name is [[Spanish (language)\|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 turned the cape during a severe storm. The moment 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'. {{Nicaragua-geo-stub}}▼ {{Honduras-geo-stub}}▼ {{coord\|14\|59\|08\|N\|83\|08\|09\|W\|display=title\|source:nlwiki}} Line 15 ⟶ 12: [[Category:Landforms of Honduras]] [[Category:Headlands of North America\|Gracias a Dios]] ▲{{Nicaragua-geo-stub}} ▲{{Honduras-geo-stub}} [[de:Cabo Gracias a Dios]]

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