Agulhas (Port., needles), a cape and bank on the southernmost point of Africa, about 100 m. E. S. E. of the Cape of Good Hope, in lat. 34° 51' S., lon. 20° 2' E. Its extreme height is 455 feet above the sea. A lighthouse was erected in 1849 upon the cape, at an elevation of 52 feet above high water.