Elands Bay is a town in
South Africa
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, situated in the
Western Cape Province
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, on the
Atlantic Ocean
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, at . The town is located about 220 kilometres (two and a half hours drive) north from
Cape Town
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. It is a world class surfing location and is also noted for its caves, which have a number of rock paintings.
In 2009,
Heritage Western Cape
Heritage Western Cape (HWC) is a provincial heritage resources authority established by the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport of the government of the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is a public entity set up under the terms of ...
declared the
Elands Bay Cave and most of Baboon Point (Cape Deseada), on which it is located, as a provincial heritage site.
[Provincial Notice 4619,Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette, No. 6621, Cape Town: 9 April 2009, p.549] Eland's Bay along with much of this coastline is an "important" bird habitat. The local wetland, Verlorenvlei, is a
Ramsar Ramsar may refer to:
* Places so named:
** Ramsar, Mazandaran, city in Iran
** Ramsar, Rajasthan, village in India
* Eponyms of the Iranian city:
** Ramsar Convention concerning wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran
** Ramsar site, wetland listed i ...
wetland.
File:ElandsBay1979.jpg, Cave at Eland's Bay
See also
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Mussel Point
Mussel Point also known as Mike Taylor's Midden (MTM) is possibly the largest of 13 megamiddens found along the South African West Coast. MTM is the only open site with remains from the early pottery period (3000 and 2000 years before present) in ...
, a large "prehistoric" shell midden near Elands Bay
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Verlorevlei River
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Elands Bay Cave
References
External links
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Roadmap to ElandsbayElandsbay Backpackers & InformationNational Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999
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Surfing locations in South Africa
Populated places in the Cederberg Local Municipality