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Cape Arkona (Kap Arkona) is a 45-metre-high cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the former East Germany. It forms the tip of the Wittow peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park. The protected landscape of Cape Arkona, together with the fishing village of Vitt, is one of the most popular tourist destinations on Rügen.

On the cape there are two lighthouses, a navigation tower, two military bunker complexes, the Baltic temple fortress of Jaromarsburg and several tourist buildings (restaurants, pubs and souvenir shops).

Because of its geology and the weathering that occurs here, there are frequent coastal collapses, especially in winter. Cape Arkona is often wrongly referred to as "the northernmost point of Rügen"; nevertheless it offers an impressive view of the island, both from land or sea. more...