Mossel Bay

Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 170,000 people on the of . It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Post Office Tree and Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse.

The is a famous milkwood tree in Mossel Bay, 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.

Lighthouse
is a lighthouse near Mossel Bay, South Africa.

Museum
The is the second biggest provincial museum affiliated to the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in South Africa. It is located at Mossel Bay.

Mossel Bay

Latitude
-34.1832° or 34° 10′ 60″ south
Longitude
22.1536° or 22° 9′ 13″ east
Population
60,000
Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)
IATA airport code
MZY
United Nations Location Code
ZA MZY
Open location code
4GQ4R583+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2504777790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
973709
Wiki­data ID
Q995615
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Mossel Bay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Aliwal-Suid
  • Afrikaans: Mossel Bay
  • Afrikaans: Mosselbaai
  • Arabic: خليج موسيل
  • Armenian: Մոսսել Բեյ
  • Asturian: Mossel Bay
  • Bulgarian: Моссел Бай
  • Bulgarian: Мосъл Бей
  • Cebuano: Mossel Bay (kapital sa munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Mossel Bay
  • Chinese: 莫塞尔贝
  • Chinese: 莫塞爾灣
  • Chinese: 莫塞爾貝
  • Czech: Mossel Bay
  • Danish: Mossel Bay
  • Dutch: Mosselbaai
  • Dutch: Mosselbay
  • Egyptian Arabic: خليج موسيل
  • Esperanto: Mossel Bay
  • Estonian: Mossel Bay
  • French: Mossel Bay
  • German: Aliwal South
  • German: Mossel Bay
  • German: Mosselbaai
  • Hebrew: מוסל ביי
  • Hungarian: Mossel Bay
  • Indonesian: Teluk Mossel
  • Italian: Mossel Bay
  • Italian: Mosselbaai
  • Italian: Mosselbaii
  • Japanese: モーセル・ベイ
  • Japanese: モーセルベイ
  • Japanese: モッセル・ベイ港
  • Japanese: モッセル湾
  • Latin: Mossel Bay
  • Latin: Sinus Mitilorum
  • Macedonian: Мосел беј
  • Macedonian: Моселбај
  • Malagasy: Mossel Bay
  • Marathi: मॉसेल बे
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mossel Bay
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Mossel Flēot
  • Pedi: Mossel Bay
  • Polish: Mossel Bay
  • Portuguese: Mossel Bay
  • Romanian: Mosselbaai
  • Russian: Mosselbaai
  • Russian: Моссел бай
  • Russian: Моссел Бей
  • Russian: Моссел Бэй
  • Russian: Моссел-Бей
  • Russian: Моссел
  • Russian: Мосселбай
  • Slovak: Mossel Bay
  • Slovenian: Mossel Bay
  • Spanish: Mosselbaai
  • Swahili: Mossel Bay
  • Swedish: Mossel Bay
  • Turkish: Mossel Bay
  • Ukrainian: Бей-В’ю
  • Ukrainian: Боплаас
  • Ukrainian: Гейдеранд
  • Ukrainian: Де-Нова
  • Ukrainian: Деллвілле-Парк
  • Ukrainian: Ді-Бакке
  • Ukrainian: Ді-Воор-Бааі
  • Ukrainian: Ісазане
  • Ukrainian: Ісінйока
  • Ukrainian: КваНокутула
  • Ukrainian: Кванонкваба
  • Ukrainian: Лінксайд
  • Ukrainian: Моссел-Бей
  • Ukrainian: Ну-Давн
  • Ukrainian: Нью-Горізонс
  • Ukrainian: Фаірв’ю
  • Urdu: موسل بے
  • Zulu: IMossel Bay

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