Blanco, CAPE, a remarkable headland on the west coast of Africa, in 20° 47' N. lat., and 16°
58° W. long., the extremity of a rocky ridge which projects from the Sahara in a westerly direction, and then bending southward, forms a commodious harbour called the Great Bay. Cape Blanco was first discovered by the Portuguese in 1441.—Cape Blanco (i.e. 'white cape') is also the name of several less important headlands in Spain, Greece, America, and the Philippines.