Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse
Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse is a lighthouse near Mossel Bay, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Russell James Smith, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in South Africa
- Also known as: “Cape St Blaize” and “Kaap Sint Blaizevuurtoring”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Post Office Tree and Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex.
Post Office Tree
Photo: Lugerda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Post Office Tree is a famous milkwood tree in Mossel Bay, South Africa that was used by early Portuguese explorers as a post office. It is located in the grounds of the Bartholomeu Dias Museum Complex in Market Street. Post Office Tree is situated 1½ km northwest of Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse.
Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
Museum
Photo: Buonasera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex is the second biggest provincial museum affiliated to the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in South Africa. It is located at Mossel Bay. Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex is situated 1½ km northwest of Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mossel Bay and Hartenbos.
Mossel Bay
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 170,000 people on the Garden Route of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province.
Hartenbos
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hartenbos is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located some 45 kilometres outside George, South Africa. It belongs, together with 20 other settlements, to the Mossel Bay Local Municipality. Hartenbos is situated 8 km northwest of Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse.
Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mossel Bay, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.18611° or 34° 11′ 10″ southLongitude
22.15637° or 22° 9′ 23″ eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Inception
1864Levels
1Open location code
4GQ4R574+HGOpenStreetMap ID
way 114522625OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11808246Wikidata ID
Q13035108
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to French—“Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Sint Blaize-vuurtoring”
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Sint Blaizevuurtoring”
- French: “phare du cap St. Blaize”
- French: “Phare du cap St. Blaize”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse”. Photo: Russell James Smith, CC BY 2.0.