Donkergat Whaling Station

Donkergat Whaling Station is a hamlet in Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, West Coast, Western Cape. Donkergat Whaling Station is situated nearby to the locality Postberg Section, as well as near Postberg Entrance Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Langebaan.

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.

Donkergat Whaling Station

Type: Hamlet
Categories: whaling station and locality
Location: Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.08203° or 33° 4′ 55″ south

Longitude

18.00147° or 18° 0′ 5″ east

Elevation

11 metres (36 feet)

Open location code

4FRWW292+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 262719930

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

3368562

Wikidata ID

Q116703450

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Donkergat Whaling Station” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Donkergat walvisstasie”
Afrikaans: “Donkergat”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Postberg Section and Postberg Entrance Gate.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Meeueiland and Skaapeiland.

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