Klein Slangkop
District of
Western Cape - South Africa

Fynbos

Fynbos is the natural shrubland or heathland vegetation occurring in a small belt of the Western Cape of South Africa, mainly in winter rainfall coastal and mountainous areas with a Mediterranean climate. The Fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity.

Located at -34.1667, 18.375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.643 miles away.
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Fynbos, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub, Ecoregions of Africa, Flora of South Africa, Afrotropic ecozone

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a tertiary education and research institute in Muizenberg, South Africa, established in September 2003. AIMS was formed as a partnership between the following universities: University of Stellenbosch, University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town, University of Oxford, University of Paris-Sud, and University of the Western Cape.

Located at -34.1072, 18.4706 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.643 miles away.
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Mathematical institutes, Universities in the Western Cape, Educational institutions established in 2003, Research institutes in South Africa

Cape Peninsula

The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south.

Located at -34.205, 18.404 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.646 miles away.
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Geography of Cape Town, Peninsulas of South Africa

Pollsmoor Prison

Pollsmoor Prison, officially, Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison is a prison in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was the most famous inmate of the prison. He describes Pollsmoor Prison as "the truth of Oscar Wilde's haunting line about the tent of blue that prisoners call the sky. " Pollsmoor is a maximum security prison with little means in the way of escape. Some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals and roughest gangsters are held in Pollsmoor Prison.

Located at -34.0686, 18.4322 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.639 miles away.
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1964 establishments in South Africa, Prisons in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Cape Town

Constantiaberg

Constantiaberg is a large, whalebacked mountain that forms part of the mountainous spine of the Cape Peninsula in Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, South Africa. It lies about 7 km south of Table Mountain, on the southern side of Constantia Nek. The mountain is 927 m high. It is not known who first ascended the peak. Constantiaberg, Devil's Peak and Table Mountain are the highest mountains in the range that stretches from Table Mountain all the way to Cape Point.

Located at -34.0542, 18.3856 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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Geography of Cape Town, Mountains of the Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park

Bible Institute of South Africa

The Bible Institute of South Africa is an evangelical Bible college located in Kalk Bay, a suburb of Cape Town on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. The school is non-denominational and has students from all over Africa, as well as from Europe, Asia and North America. It is accredited by North-West University and has a missions focus with many of the faculty having previous on-field missionary experience. The Acting Principal is Dr.

Located at -34.1302, 18.4473 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.643 miles away.
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Seminaries and theological colleges in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1923, Bible colleges

False Bay College

False Bay College is located in Cape Town, South Africa. False Bay College forms part of the band of education known as further education and training (FET). They offer FET courses from NQF levels 2 to 4. Eighty per cent of courses are in this band, and 20 per cent are on higher education and adult basic education and training (ABET).

Located at -34.1072, 18.4686 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.643 miles away.
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Higher education in South Africa, Education in Cape Town, Educational institutions established in 2002

Chapman's Peak

Chapman's Peak Drive]] Chapman's Peak is the name of a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula, about 15 kilometres south of Cape Town, South Africa. It is opposite the inlet on which the town of Hout Bay is centred. The western flank of the mountain falls sharply for hundreds of metres into the Atlantic Ocean. A spectacular road, known as Chapman's Peak Drive, hugs the near-vertical face of the mountain from Hout Bay to Noordhoek.

Located at -34.0872, 18.3606 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.638 miles away.
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Roads in Cape Town, Geography of Cape Town, Mountain passes of the Western Cape

Boulders Beach

Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated. It is located in the Cape Peninsula, near Simon's Town towards Cape Point, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is also commonly known as Boulders Bay. It is a popular tourist stop because of a colony of African Penguins which settled there in 1982. Boulders Beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park.

Located at -34.197, 18.451 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.647 miles away.
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Beaches of South Africa, Geography of Cape Town, Visitor attractions in Cape Town

Groot Constantia

Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and provincial heritage site in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa. "Groot" in Dutch and Afrikaans translates as "great" (as in large) in English.

Located at -34.0311, 18.4189 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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1684 establishments, Wineries of South Africa, South African wine, Monuments and memorials in South Africa, Visitor attractions in South Africa, Buildings and structures in the Western Cape, Museums in the Western Cape

Cape Floristic Region

The Cape Floristic Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape (South African) Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province. The Cape Floristic Region, the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world, is an area of extraordinarily high diversity and endemism, and is home to more than 9 000 vascular plant species, of which 69 percent are endemic.

Located at -34.1667, 18.375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.643 miles away.
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Floristic regions, Endemic flora of South Africa, Flora of South Africa, Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub, Afromontane, Afrotropic ecozone, Biodiversity hotspots, Floristic regions, Floristic provinces, Phytogeography, Geography of South Africa, World Heritage Sites in South Africa

Red Bull Big Wave Africa

The Red Bull Big Wave Africa is a surfing competition held annually in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The event is held at "Dungeons", just east of The Sentinel, a peak in Hout Bay, Cape Town. The reef has been known since the 80's as a site for large Atlantic swells breaking over a reef. The competition is held between 24 July and 31 August each year, depending on when appropriately large waves are available.

Located at -34.06, 18.325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.636 miles away.
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Big wave surfing, Red Bull sports events, Sport in Cape Town, Surfing competitions

BOS 400

The BOS 400, a French Derrick/Lay Barge that ran aground while being towed by the Russian tugboat Tigr on June 26, 1994. The Tigr was chartered to tow the BOS 400 from Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo to Cape Town, South Africa. The tow-rope broke loose during a storm and causing the vessel to run aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay. Despite several towage attempts, the shipwreck was considered a total loss as salvors were able to recover little from the wreck.

Located at -34.037, 18.3087 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
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Shipwrecks of the South African Atlantic coast, Maritime incidents in 1994, Maritime incidents in South Africa

Sandy Bay, Cape Town

Sandy Bay is situated along the road between Cape Town to Cape Point and adjacent to Llandudno, Cape Town. Sandy Bay lies on one of the last remaining stretches of untouched natural coastline on the Cape coast. It is one of the Cape Peninsula's most inaccessible beaches and as such is well known as an unofficial nudist beach. There is no direct vehicle access to Sandy Bay and this prevents passers-by invading people's privacy.

Located at -34.0233, 18.3308 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
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Geography of Cape Town, Nude beaches, Beaches of South Africa, Visitor attractions in Cape Town

Masiphumelele High School

Masiphumelele High School is a publicly owned secondary school (grades 8-12) in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, in the Western Cape region of South Africa. As of 2005 it had some 942 students. The school has piped indoor water. In February 2006 students of the school were involved in violent protests, which resulted injuries to two teachers and damage to three police vehicles. http://www. westerncape. gov. za/eng/pubs/news/2005/feb/99374

Located at -34.1286, 18.3794 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.641 miles away.
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Schools in Cape Town

Karbonkelberg

Karbonkelberg is a small peak forming part of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms a prominent landmark overlooking the harbour at Hout Bay. An unusual feature is that sand has been blown up it by the wind, causing a dune-like feature. This has been popular with local residents to surf down it on polished boards or sheets.

Located at -34.0333, 18.3167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
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Mountains of the Western Cape

Hout Bay Museum

Hout Bay Museum is a province-aided museum on 4 Andrews Road in Hout Bay near Cape Town, South Africa. Opened on April 05th, 1979. The museum has displays on the history of the Hout Bay valley and its people, focusing on forestry, mining, and the fishing industry up to modern times. The museum also organizes weekly guided nature walks into the surrounding mountains.

Located at -34.0403, 18.36 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
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Museums in Cape Town, History museums in South Africa

Mariner's Wharf

Mariner's Wharf is a wharf on the shore of Hout Bay, near Cape Town, in South Africa. Built by a local family, the Dormans, whose predecessors farmed the Hout Bay valley in the 1900s, the wharf lies between Hout Bay's beach and the busy fishing harbour. It has an open air bistro, an upstairs seafood restaurant and a shop that sells marine-related curios and a substantial fish and shellfish market.

Located at -34.0475, 18.3482 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
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Geography of South Africa

Duiker Island

Duiker Island or Duikereiland 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. The island is renowned for its marine wildlife such as birds and fur seals. It is visited regularly by tourists and photographers by boat via Mariner's Wharf in Hout Bay harbour. On 13 October 2012, a small vessel carrying tourists to Duiker Island capsized.

Located at -34.0436, 18.3047 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
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Geography of Cape Town, Uninhabited islands of South Africa, Visitor attractions in Cape Town

List of social nudity places in Africa

This is a list of social nudity places in Africa. The list includes nude beaches and naturist resorts, where people practise skinny dipping, naked bodysurfing or any other form of nude recreation.

Located at -34.0233, 18.3308 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
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Nudity, Naturism, Nude beaches

Sepia dubia

Sepia dubia is a species of cuttlefish native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known only from the type locality, where it was caught at a depth of 25 m. S. dubia is known to grow to a mantle length of 17 mm. The type specimen was collected in False Bay, South Africa . It is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.

Located at -34.1833, 18.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.646 miles away.
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Cuttlefish

Simon's Town railway station

Simon's Town railway station is a Metrorail railway station in the town of Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula; it is the southern terminus of the Southern Line. The station is located between Station Road and the beach. The railway line from Fish Hoek into Simon's Town is single-track, but the station itself has three tracks; one track is served by a side platform next to the station building on Station Road, while the other two are served by an island platform connected by a pedestrian subway.

Located at -34.1868, 18.4253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.646 miles away.
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Railway stations in Cape Town, Railway stations opened in 1890, Metrorail Western Cape stations

Fish Hoek Valley

The Fish Hoek Valley is situated in the Cape Peninsula, eighteen miles south of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the town of Fish Hoek on the False Bay coast. The valley is bound by mountains (including Chapman's Peak, Spitskop, Silvermine Mountain, and Ridge Peak) on the north; Fish Hoek Bay and False Bay on the east; mountains (including Elsie's Peak, Rooikrans, and Slangkop) on the south; and Chapman's Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.

Located at -34.125, 18.3958 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.641 miles away.
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Geography of Cape Town

Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology

The Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology, often abbreviated to "Cape Academy", is a co-educational public boarding school, situated in the Constantia Valley of Cape Town, South Africa. The Cape Academy was founded in 2004 by the Western Cape Education Department to offer quality instruction in the sciences to students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, as part of the government's strategy to fill the skills gap present in South Africa.

Located at -34.0481, 18.4289 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.638 miles away.
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Boarding schools in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 2004, Schools in Cape Town

World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park

World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park (often shortened to World of Birds) is a zoo in Hout Bay, a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa. As suggested by its name, the focus is primarily on birds and monkeys. It is the largest African bird park and among the bird parks in the world with the higher number of species.

Located at -34.0175, 18.3625 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Cape Town, Zoos in South Africa, Aviaries in South Africa, Visitor attractions in Cape Town