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Vredenburg Destination Guide
Discover Vredenburg in South Africa
Vredenburg in the region of Western Cape is a town located in South Africa - some 788 mi or ( 1268 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital .
Local time in Vredenburg is now 05:32 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: West Point, Saldanha, Saint Helena Bay, Paternoster, and Langebaanweg. When in this area, you might want to check out West Point . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Vredenburg ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Saldanha Coastal Town West Coast Western Cape
Saldanha is a small fishing town on the West Coast of South Africa. Copyright to www.roomsforafrica.com ..
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My visit to Saldanha Bay Loco depot paid dividends as there was plenty of action. ..
@ the West Coast Properties - Shelley Point & St Helena Bay Developments
www.motionaria.co.za @ the West Coast Properties has started a massive nation wide marketing campaign to showcase the property investment possibilities at Shelly Point and St. Helena Bay area. Motiona ..
West Coast Fossil Park - Langebaan, South Africa
At the West Coast Fossil Park you can discover the ancient environment and wild life that lived along the West Coast more than five million years ago. This video was produced by SmartGuide for their I ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Sepia typica
Sepia typica is a species of cuttlefish native to the southwestern Indian Ocean and southeastern Atlantic Ocean. Its natural range stretches from Saldanha Bay, South Africa to southern Mozambique. It lives at depths of 2 to 290 m. S. typica is a very small species, growing to only 26 mm in mantle length. The type specimen was collected in Table Bay, South Africa . It is deposited at the Kobenhavns Universitet Zoologisk Museum in Copenhagen.
Located at -33.00 17.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Battle of Saldanha Bay (1781)
The Battle of Saldanha Bay was a naval action that occurred off the Dutch Cape Colony on 21 July 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. Five Dutch East India Company vessels were captured and another was destroyed by a squadron of Royal Navy warships under the command of commodore George Johnstone.
Located at -33.02 17.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
West Coast Fossil Park
The West Coast Fossil Park is a fossil park near Langebaanweg, Western Cape, South Africa, approximately 150 km north of Cape Town. The fossil sites of Langebaanweg have exceptionally well-preserved remains of fossil fauna that date to circa 5.2 million years ago. In this period sea levels were higher and many now extinct animals lived in the riverine forests, wooded savanna and along the sea coast near the present day Langebaanweg site.
Located at -32.96 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Saldanha Bay
Saldanha Bay is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa, about 105 kilometres north west of Cape Town. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of the municipality is estimated at 72,000. The place is mentioned in the first edition of John Locke's Two Treatises of Government as an example of the state of nature.
Located at -33.03 18.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Cape Columbine
Cape Columbine is well known for its lighthouse, the last manned lighthouse built on the South African coast. http://www. paternoster. co. za/index. php?cape_columbine. The Cape Columbine Lighthouse was commissioned on October 1, 1936. Both the headland and lighthouse derive their name from the barque Columbine, that was wrecked 1.5 km North of the lighthouse on March 31, 1829 http://www. dpe. gov. za/print. asp?id=73.
Located at -32.83 17.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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