Alexander Bay
Alexander Bay is a town of 1,700 people in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, close to the border with Namibia and the Orange River mouth. It is near the southern end of the Namib desert, and is officially also the driest town in South Africa with an average annual rainfall of less than 51 millimetres.Alexander Bay
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Alexander Baai”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.67111° or 28° 40′ 16″ south
Longitude
16.51° or 16° 30′ 36″ east
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
5F3R8GH5+HX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Alexander Bay” goes by many names.
- French: “Alexander Bay”
- German: “Alexander Bay”
- Portuguese: “Alexander Bay”
- Spanish: “Alexander Bay”
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