Nelson Bay Cave
Nelson Bay Cave, previously known as Wagenaar's Cave, is a coastal archaeological site in the Robberg Nature Reserve on the Robberg Peninsula in Plettenberg Bay, South Africa, about 250 km east of Cape Town.Photo: Waitabout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plettenberg Bay and Kranshoek.
Plettenberg Bay
Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plettenberg Bay is a small coastal resort in South Africa's Western Cape. It's a good stop off point for the Garden Route if you're looking to be closer to the beach than nearby Knysna.
Kranshoek
Village
Kranshoek is a settlement in Garden Route District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Kranshoek was founded in the early years of the 20th century by a group of Griqua trekkers under the leadership of Abraham le Fleur who had been displaced from their land in Kokstad. Kranshoek is situated 7 km west of Nelson Bay Cave.
Nelson Bay Cave
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: stone Age archaeological site in South Africa
- Categories: cave, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.10113° or 34° 6′ 4″ southLongitude
23.37562° or 23° 22′ 32″ eastOpen location code
4GQ5V9XG+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2357410893OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q15261578
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to French—“Nelson Bay Cave” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف خليج نيلسون”
- French: “grotte de Nelson Bay”
- French: “Grotte de Nelson Bay”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Robberg Nature Reserve Visitor Center and Bosluiskop.
Nearby Places
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