Mercutrii Prom

MERCUT´RII PROM (Ερμαία ἄκρα, Ptol. 4.3.7; Pomp, Mela, 1.7.2; Plin. v, 3), the most northerly point of the coast of Africa, to the E. of the gulf of Carthage, now Cape Bon, or the Râs Addâr of the natives.