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West Point Destination Guide

Touring West Point in South Africa

West Point in the region of Western Cape is located in South Africa - some 780 mi or ( 1256 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of West Point

Time in West Point is now 09:33 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Vredenburg, Velddrif, Paternoster, Laaiplek, and Cape Town. Being here already, consider visiting Vredenburg . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for West Point ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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@ the West Coast Properties - Shelley Point & St Helena Bay Developments

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Interesting facts about this location

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -32.83 17.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Geography of South Africa

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.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -32.96 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Tags: Fossil parks, Fossils, Geologic formations, Paleontological sites, Pliocene paleontological sites of Africa, South African heritage resources, South African heritage sites