Lion of Puntland

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Cape Guardafui ( aka Ras Aseyr), known in ancient times as the Cape of Spices, is the northern most point in Somalia. Approaching the Cape from the South one see the natural rock formation of the cape (a lion couchant).

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Guardafui coast

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It used to be known as "Aromata Promontorium" by the ancient Greeks.

According to the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, the northeastern coast specialized in producing frankincense while the other settlements along the seaboard exported it.