Hermanus
Hermanus is a picturesque seaside town on South Africa's south coast, near the Garden Route and about 90 min drive from Cape Town. It is particularly famous as the "best land-based whale watching destination in the world", with southern right whales easily seen from shore during winter and spring months.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include SANSA Space Science.
SANSA Space Science
SANSA Space Science, previously the Hermanus Magnetic Observatory is South Africa's national geomagnetic research facility. The observatory is situated in the town of Hermanus in the Western Cape Province and forms part of the South African National Space Agency.Hermanus
- Type: Town with 32,800 residents
- Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: locality
- Location: Overstrand Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.4175° or 34° 25′ 3″ south
Longitude
19.2361° or 19° 14′ 10″ east
Population
32,800
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA HMS
Open location code
4FQXH6MP+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Hermanus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Hermanus” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hermanus”
- Afrikaans: “Hermanuspietersfontein”
- Arabic: “هيرمانوس”
- Asturian: “Hermanus”
- Catalan: “Hermanus”
- Cebuano: “Hermanus (kapital sa munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Hermanus”
- Chinese: “赫曼努斯”
- Chinese: “赫爾馬努斯”
- Dutch: “Hermanus”
- Dutch: “Hermanuspietersfontein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيرمانوس”
- Estonian: “Hermanus”
- French: “Hermanus”
- Galician: “Hermanus”
- German: “Hermanus”
- Italian: “Hermanus”
- Japanese: “ハーマナス”
- Japanese: “ヘルマナス”
- Malagasy: “Hermanus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hermanus”
- Pedi: “Hermanus”
- Polish: “Hermanus”
- Portuguese: “Hermanus”
- Romanian: “Hermanus”
- Russian: “Херманус”
- Spanish: “Hermanus”
- Swedish: “Hermanus”
- Ukrainian: “Германус”
- Urdu: “ہرمینس”
- Vietnamese: “Hermanus”
- Zulu: “IHermanus”
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