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Plettenberg Bay

Plettenberg Bay is a small coastal resort in 's . It's a good stop off point for the if you're looking to be closer to the beach than nearby .
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  • Type: Town with 38,100 residents
  • Description: town in the Western Cape, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Angra das Algoas”, “Bahia de la Goa”, “Bahia Formosa”, “Bay of St Catherine”, “Content Bay”, “Formosa”, “Keurbooms River Bay”, “Pisang River Bay”, “Plettenberg”, and “Plettenbergbaai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beacon Island Resort.

Hotel
Photo: Suidpunt, Public domain.
is a hotel.

Plettenberg Bay

Latitude
-34.0528° or 34° 3′ 10″ south
Longitude
23.3694° or 23° 22′ 10″ east
Population
38,100
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
IATA airport code
PBZ
United Nations Location Code
ZA PBZ
Open location code
4GQ5W9W9+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 25928781
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
964712
Wiki­data ID
Q922360
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Plettenberg Bay” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Plettenbergbaai”
  • Arabic: “بليتينبيرغ باي”
  • Asturian: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • Chinese: “普利登堡湾”
  • Chinese: “普利登堡灣”
  • Dutch: “Plettenbergbaai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بليتينبيرج باى”
  • Estonian: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • French: “Bahia Formosa”
  • French: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • French: “Plettenbergbaai”
  • German: “Bahia Formosa”
  • German: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • German: “Plettenbergbaai”
  • German: “Plettenbergbay”
  • Italian: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • Japanese: “プレッテンバーグ・ベイ”
  • Japanese: “プレテンベルグ・ベイ”
  • Malagasy: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • Pedi: “Plettenberg Bay”
  • Persian: “خلیج پلتنبرگ”
  • Romanian: “Plettenbergbaai”
  • Russian: “Плеттенберг-Бей”
  • Urdu: “پلٹنبرگ بے”
  • Zulu: “IPlettenberg Bay”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Plettenberg Bay”. Photo: michael clarke stuff, CC BY-SA 2.0.