Beacon Island
Beacon Island is a suburb in Western Cape, South Africa. Beacon Island is situated nearby to the locality The Gap, as well as near Point Shack.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nelson Bay Cave and Beacon Island Resort.
Nelson Bay Cave
Archaeological site
Photo: Waitabout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Beacon Island Resort
Hotel
Photo: Suidpunt, Public domain.
Beacon Island Resort is a hotel, which is situated 4 km north of Beacon Island.
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 Beacon Island.
Beacon Island
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.09434° or 34° 5′ 40″ southLongitude
23.37114° or 23° 22′ 16″ eastOpen location code
4GQ5W94C+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 262719145OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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