Pipas Bay ( pt, BaÃa das Pipas) is a bay in
Angola
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. It is located in the
Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a province of Angola. Under Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Moçâmedes is the capital of the province with a ...
, 30 km north of
Moçâmedes
Moçâmedes is a city in southwestern Angola, capital of Namibe Province. The city's current population is 255,000 (2014 census). Founded in 1840 by the Portuguese colonial administration, the city was named Namibe between 1985 and 2016. Moçà ...
.
Geography
Pipas Bay is an open bay of the
South Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
. The bay is facing west, with the ''Ponta da Baia'' headland at the southwestern end and the ''Praia das Salinas'' beach stretching north towards the northern end of the bay. The small settlement of
Pipas is located near the shore.
See also
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Geography of Angola
Angola is located on the western Atlantic Coast of Southern Africa between Namibia and the Republic of the Congo. It also is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia to the east. The country consists of a sparsely watered and s ...
References
Bays of the Atlantic Ocean
Bays of Angola
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