Nelson’s Bay
Nelson’s Bay is a bay in Western Cape, South Africa. Nelson’s Bay is situated nearby to the locality The Gap, as well as near the suburb Beacon Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nelson Bay Cave.
Nelson Bay Cave
Archaeological site
Photo: Waitabout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nelson Bay Cave, previously known as Wagenaar's Cave, is a coastal archaeological site in the Robberg Nature Reserve on the Robberg Peninsula in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, about 250 km east of Cape Town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plettenberg Bay and Kranshoek.
Plettenberg Bay
Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plettenberg Bay is a small coastal resort in South Africa's Western Cape. It's a good stop off point for the Garden Route if you're looking to be closer to the beach than nearby Knysna.
Kranshoek
Village
Kranshoek is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by a group of Griqua trekkers under the leadership of Abraham le Fleur who had been displaced from their land in Kokstad.
Nelson’s Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.10223° or 34° 6′ 8″ southLongitude
23.37432° or 23° 22′ 28″ eastOpen location code
4GQ5V9XF+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 345449568OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
971549
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Gap and Beacon Island.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bosluiskop and Robberg Nature Reserve Visitor Center.
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