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Elands Bay

Elands Bay

Place in Western Cape, South Africa

Elands Bay is a town in South Africa, situated in the Western Cape Province, on the Atlantic Ocean, at 32°18′S 18°19′E. The town is located about 220 kilometres (two and a half hours drive) north from Cape Town. It is a world class surfing location and is also noted for its caves, which have a number of rock paintings.[2]

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In 2009, Heritage Western Cape declared the Elands Bay Cave and most of Baboon Point (Cape Deseada), on which it is located, as a provincial heritage site.[3] Eland's Bay along with much of this coastline is an "important" bird habitat.[citation needed] The local wetland, Verlorenvlei, is a Ramsar wetland.[citation needed]

  • Cave at Eland's Bay

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Main Place Elands Bay". Census 2011.
  2. [2]
    Parkington, John (1981). Pattern of the past: studies in honour of David Clarke. Cambridge University Press. pp. 341–57. ISBN 0-521-22763-1.
  3. [3]
    Provincial Notice 4619,Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette, No. 6621, Cape Town: 9 April 2009, p.549

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