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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- Town with about 32,800 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
Places of Interest
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Latitude
-34.4175° or 34° 25′ 3″ south
Longitude
19.2361° or 19° 14′ 10″ east
UN/LOCODE
ZA HMS
Open location code
4FQXH6MP+2C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Hermanus” goes by many names.
HermanusAfrikaans
HermanuspietersfonteinAfrikaans
هيرمانوسArabic
HermanusAsturian
HermanusCatalan
HermanusCebuano
Hermanus (kapital sa munisipyo)Cebuano
赫曼努斯Chinese
赫爾馬努斯Chinese
HermanusDutch
HermanuspietersfonteinDutch
هيرمانوسEgyptian Arabic
HermanusEstonian
HermanusGalician
HermanusItalian
ハーマナスJapanese
ヘルマナスJapanese
HermanusMalagasy
HermanusNorwegian Nynorsk
HermanusPedi
HermanusPolish
HermanusRomanian
ХерманусRussian
HermanusSwedish
ГерманусUkrainian
ہرمینسUrdu
HermanusVietnamese
IHermanusZulu
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