False Bay
False Bay is located on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. The water in the bay is much warmer than the Atlantic Seaboard, partly being fed by the subtropical Agulhas current, making it popular for swimming.
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False Bay
- Bay
- Description: bay of the Atlantic Ocean adjacent to Cape Town, South Africa; so called because sailors confused Cape Point and Cape Hangklip
- Location
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Latitude of center
-34.2108° or 34° 12′ 39″ south
Longitude of center
18.6409° or 18° 38′ 27″ east
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = bay
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“False Bay” goes by many names.
ValsbaaiAfrikaans
خليج فولسArabic
ফলস উপসাগরBengali
False BayCatalan
False BayCebuano
法尔斯湾Chinese
法爾斯灣Chinese
福尔斯湾Chinese
福爾斯灣Chinese
錯灣Chinese
錯誤灣Chinese
错湾Chinese
错误湾Chinese
False BayCzech
False BayDanish
ValsbaaiDutch
Falsa GolfoEsperanto
Baía FalsaGalician
False BayHausa
מפרץ פולסHebrew
ValsbaaiIndonesian
Falsa BaiaItalian
フォールス湾Japanese
False BayNorwegian Bokmål
False BayPolish
ValsbaaiPolish
False BaySlovenian
False BaySwedish
ValsbaaiSwedish
فالس بےUrdu
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