Cape St. Vincent Cape St. Vincent Cape St. Vincent (, ) is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, in the Algarve, southern Portugal. It is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of mainland Europe. Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it "Promontorium Sacrum" (or Holy Promontory). Strabo, in his Geography call this cape the most western tip of the known world and reports the place was
MV Cape Vincent (T-AKR-9666) DEFENSAS 95, providing 45 days of transport for outsized unit equipment to Guatemala in support of military training. This was part of a larger exercise which included the Army's Battlefield Visualization initiative in Panama. On 4 September 1996, MV "Cape Vincent" underwent a test of her activation readiness capability and successfully activated in 1.9 days. "Cape Vincent" surpassed this record, activating in 1.8 days for a humanitarian relief effort to Central America in response to the damaged caused by Hurricane Mitch. "Cape Vincent" transported construction equipment and relief supplies for 108 days. On 30 March 1999 "Cape Vincent" received the