Hout Bay
Hout Bay is a bay in Western Cape, South Africa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Chapman’s Peak and Duiker Island.
Chapman’s Peak
Peak
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapman's Peak is a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula, between Hout Bay and Noordhoek in Cape Town, South Africa. The western flank of the mountain falls sharply for hundreds of metres into the Atlantic Ocean, and a road, known as Chapman's Peak Drive, hugs the near-vertical face of the mountain, linking Hout Bay to Noordhoek.
Duiker Island
Islet
Photo: Bdell555, Public domain.
Duiker Island or Duikereiland, also known as Seal Island, is an island off Hout Bay near Cape Town South Africa. It is 77 by 95 metres in size, with an area of about 0.4 hectare.
Constantiaberg
Peak
Photo: Xiphon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Constantiaberg is a large, whale-backed mountain that forms part of the mountainous spine of the Cape Peninsula in Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hout Bay and Noordhoek.
Hout Bay
Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hout Bay appears to be a little harbour village but is actually a suburb of the South African metropole Cape Town.
Noordhoek
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Noordhoek is a seaside town between Kommetjie and Chapmans Peak on the Cape Peninsula. Its shoreline and its long, wide, sandy beach stretch south to the neighbouring village of Kommetjie.
Llandudno
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llandudno is a residential suburb of Cape Town on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Western Cape. There are no shops or commercial activities, but the town has some of the most expensive residential property in South Africa.
Hout Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.0586° or 34° 3′ 31″ southLongitude
18.355° or 18° 21′ 18″ eastOpen location code
4FQWW9R3+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 345449412OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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