What is the northernmost geographic point (cape) of the Qatar peninsula?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Ras Rakan
- Step 1: Ras Rakan is the northernmost point of the Qatar peninsula, located off the northwest tip of the mainland near Ruwais.
- Step 2: It is an islet separated from the mainland by a very shallow channel that can be traversed on foot at low spring tide.
- Step 3: It historically served as a navigational landmark for pearl divers and merchant mariners entering the western Arabian Gulf.
Answer
Ras Rakan.
Why not the others: 'Ras Laffan' is on the northeast coast; 'Ras Abu Amran' is a secondary headland near Al Shamal; 'Ras Al Allaj' is located on the western shoreline.
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