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.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as“Vembeksbaai”“Venbekbaai”
Skipskop
- Category: town
- Location
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Latitude
-34.55611° or 34° 33′ 22″ south
Longitude
20.40778° or 20° 24′ 28″ east
Open location code
4GQ2CCV5+H4
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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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