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192: 228: 36: 334: 251:. The original structure has since become a ruin; however a larger and improved lighthouse was completed in 1925, and is still functioning today. 327: 53: 278: 320: 119: 100: 363: 72: 373: 57: 207:. Cape Three Points is known as the "land nearest nowhere" because it is the land nearest to a location in the sea known as 368: 79: 358: 353: 134: 86: 46: 68: 191: 300: 172: 227: 204: 93: 304: 282: 270: 248: 240: 180: 347: 244: 17: 208: 35: 236: 149: 136: 216: 168: 212: 200: 226: 190: 176: 29: 199:
Cape Three Points is located between the coastal village of
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4°44′38″N 2°05′20″W / 4.744°N 2.089°W / 4.744; -2.089
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Ghana
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