Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langebaan and Saldanha.
Langebaan
Photo: Pipples91, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Langebaan is a town of 8,300 people on the west coast of South Africa. It is on the eastern shore of Saldanha Bay. The southern part of Saldanha Bay is known as Langebaan Lagoon.
Saldanha
Photo: Morne, Public domain.
Saldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 28,000 people, on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay, on West Coast of the Western Cape province. Saldanha Bay's location makes it a paradise for the watersport enthusiast.
Saldanha Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.03472° or 33° 2′ 5″ southLongitude
18.00972° or 18° 0′ 35″ eastOpen location code
4FRWX285+4VOpenStreetMap ID
node 345449797OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3361933Wikidata ID
Q1563436
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Saldanha Bay” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Saldanhabaai”
- Cebuano: “Saldanha Bay”
- Chinese: “薩爾達尼亞灣”
- Dutch: “Saldanhabaai”
- Finnish: “Saldanhanlahti”
- French: “baie de Saldagne”
- French: “Baie de Saldanha”
- French: “Saldanha Bay”
- German: “Saldanha Bay”
- German: “Saldanhabucht”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ סלדניה”
- Italian: “Baia di Saldanha”
- Japanese: “サルダニア・ベイ港”
- Japanese: “サルダニア湾”
- Persian: “خلیج سالدانیا”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Saldanha”
- Russian: “Салданья-Бей”
- Russian: “Салданья”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Saldanha”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Saldanha”
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