The Cape of Good Hope in Africa, why is it called such a strange name?

The Cape of Good Hope, which means "Cape of Good Hope", is a very famous headland at the southwestern tip of Africa, located at 34 21'25 "south latitude and18 29' 51"east longitude, 52 kilometers north of Cape Town, South Africa. Because of many storms and rough waves, it was originally named "Storm Corner".

The Cape of Good Hope is the eastern waterway that western explorers hope to lead to prosperity, so it was renamed the Cape of Good Hope. Before the Suez Canal was opened to traffic, ships travelling between Asia and Europe had to pass through the Cape of Good Hope. Super-large tankers can't enter the Suez Canal, so they still have to sail like this.

The Cape of Good Hope is located at the intersection of the warm Mozambique current from the Indian Ocean and the cold Benguela current from Antarctic waters. The mighty westerly jet has set off stormy waves all year round. In addition to the damage caused by storms, there are often "killing waves" here.

The front of this wave is like a cliff and the back is like a gentle hillside. The wave height is generally 15-20m, which occurs frequently in winter and is sometimes coupled with the rotating waves caused by polar winds. When these two waves are superimposed, the sea conditions are worse and there is a strong coastal current. When waves and currents meet, the whole sea surface rolls like a boiling pot, and ships sailing here are often in trouble, so the Cape of Good Hope has become the most dangerous navigation area in the world.

There are many explanations about the origin of the name "Cape of Good Hope". There are two most common sayings: one is that Dias, an explorer of the Kingdom of Portugal, told Joao II about the "Storm Corner" after returning to Lisbon in February.

Joao II thought that if he bypassed this cape, he would have hope to reach his dream India, so he renamed the Cape of Storm as the Cape of Good Hope. Another way of saying it is that after Da Gama returned from India with a full load, the then Portuguese king renamed the Cape of Storm the Cape of Good Hope to show that it would bring good luck to bypass this cape.

Cape of Good Hope Route-West Asia (Abadan, etc. , via the Strait of Hormuz), East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia-Indian Ocean-East Africa (Dar es Salaam)-mozambique channel-Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town)-Atlantic Ocean-West Africa (Dakar)-Western Europe, heavy-duty ships with more than 250,000 tons can't pass through Suez Canal, so they have to bypass the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.