Skipskop
Skipskop was a town in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Village east of Arniston. Afrikaans for ‘ships’ cliff’, it was so named after the number of ships wrecked there.- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Vembeksbaai” and “Venbekbaai”
Skipskop
- Category: town
- Location: Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.55611° or 34° 33′ 22″ south
Longitude
20.40778° or 20° 24′ 28″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
4GQ2CCV5+H4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Italian—“Skipskop” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Skipskop”
- Asturian: “Skipskop”
- Dutch: “Skipskop”
- Hebrew: “סקיפסקופ”
- Italian: “Skipskop”
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