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Discover Diazville in South Africa
Diazville in the region of Western Cape is a place located in South Africa - some 796 mi or ( 1281 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital .
Local time in Diazville is now 01:36 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vredenburg, Langebaan, Donkergat, and Cape Town. When in this area, you might want to check out Vredenburg . We discovered 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 Diazville ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
The Kitesurfing Collective - Langebaan, South Africa 2012
www.thekitesurfingcollective.com Looking for a way out? We are your escape route. Langebaan, South Africa 2012/13. Zero-to-hero camps, lessons, gap-years, career-breaks and assistant instructor course ..
West Coast showing Langebaan, Saldanha and Paternoster near Cape Town, South Africa.
A video showcasing the west coast region near Cape Town, South Africa. Beautiful small towns. Paternoster, Langebaan, Saldanha. Copyright to www.roomsforafrica.com ..
Club Mykonos - Langebaan, South Africa
Club Mykonos is a resort designed and built to look like a Greek seaside village with its own 3 kilometre long private beach. This video was produced by SmartGuide for their Interactive Guide of South ..
What To Do Around Langebaan - West Coast, South Africa
Langebaan is not all about water sports, there is plenty to do on land from hiking, bird-watching, horse-riding, mountain-biking, go-karts and quad bikes, to a round of golf or a game of tennis. The b ..
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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 2 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 3 km away
Malgas Island
Malgas Island is a small, 8.3 ha, uninhabited island lying in the northern part of the entrance to Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies about 800 m from the mainland in the Benguela upwelling system. It is rectangular in shape and flat, with the highest point about 9 m above sea level. It is known for its large breeding colony of Cape Gannets.
Located at -33.05 17.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 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 9 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 20 km away
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