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    Saldanha Bay (Afrikaans: Saldanhabaai) is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of...
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    Saldanha Bay Municipality (Afrikaans: Saldanhabaai Munisipaliteit; Xhosa: uMasipala wase Saldanha Bay) is a local municipality located within the West...
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    Saldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 21,636 people, located 110 kilometres (70 mi) north of Cape Town on the northern shore of Saldanha...
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  • Saldanha may refer to: Saldanha Bay, a bay in Western Cape Saldanha, Western Cape, a town on the bay Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, the unit of government...
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  • The Diocese of Saldanha Bay is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The diocese was founded on 10 December 2005 and is based in the territory...
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  • connects iron ore mines near Sishen in the Northern Cape with the port at Saldanha Bay in the Western Cape. It is used primarily to transport iron ore (60 million...
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    Langebaan (category Populated places in the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality)
    about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 km from Saldanha Bay. The Lagoon stretches for 17 km from Saldanha Bay, past Langebaan to Geelbek in the South. In...
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    The Capitulation of Saldanha Bay was the surrender in 1796 to the British Royal Navy of a Dutch expeditionary force sent to recapture the Dutch Cape Colony...
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    Cochoquas, disguised as traders, arrived at the Company's trading post at Saldanha Bay on 6 July 1673 when suddenly they attacked and murdered four of the soldiers...
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    Vredenburg (category Populated places in the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality)
    administrative centre of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality. It is located 12 kilometres inland from the coast at Saldanha Bay on the Cape Columbine Peninsula...
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    Schaapeneiland ("Sheep Island") is an island in Saldanha Bay on West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa. The island of 267,500 sq m lies in the mouth of...
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    but then had moved them to Saldanha Bay. In 1806, the Scottish whaler John Murray opened a whaling station at a sheltered bay on the north-eastern shore...
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  • SAS Saldanha is a South African Navy training base in Saldanha Bay. In 1941, as a result of increased pressure on Table Bay, a new Allied harbour was...
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  • Batavian Navy, was forced to surrender that squadron on 17 August 1796 at Saldanha Bay (Cape Colony) to a Royal Navy squadron under Vice-Admiral George Elphinstone...
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  • Lizaad Williams (category People from Saldanha Bay Local Municipality)
    the 2018 Africa T20 Cup. In October 2018, he was named in Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament...
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    Table Bay, because good natural harbours along this coastline are almost non-existent. The best of them, Saldanha Bay, lacked fresh water. Simon's Bay was...
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    Saint Helena Bay (Afrikaans: St. Helenabaai) is a settlement in West Coast District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Nicknamed...
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    rocky to steep and mountainous in places. The only natural harbour is Saldanha Bay on the west coast, about 140 kilometres (90 mi) north of Cape Town. However...
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    It was scrapped in April 2024. Formerly HMS Barcross, it operated in Saldanha Bay, was transferred to South Africa Naval Forces during World War II, and...
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    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. A squadron of...
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    Paternoster, South Africa (category Populated places in the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality)
    Vredenburg and 145 km north of Cape Town, at Cape Columbine between Saldanha Bay and St Helena Bay. The town covers an area of 194.8 hectare and has approximately...
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    Aboukir Bay; French: Bataille d'Aboukir) was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on...
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    captured at the Capitulation of Saldanha Bay in 1796, sold 1814 Tromp (c. 1779), captured at the Capitulation of Saldanha Bay in 1796, sold 1815 Alkmaar (c...
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    number of coastal holiday resorts as well as the ore-export harbour at Saldanha Bay. On the north the Swartland is bounded by mountains which separate it...
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    Luanda Bay Walvis Bay Saldanha Bay Table Bay False Bay (coast-wise from north to south) North Water Polynya Baffin Bay Davis Strait Home Bay Labrador...
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  • Island Harbour) Saldanha Bay Harbour Western Cape Saldanha Bay 33°1′S 17°57′E / 33.017°S 17.950°E / -33.017; 17.950 (Saldanha Bay Harbour) Simon's...
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  • of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Saldanha, after the 1796 capitulation of Saldanha Bay: HMS Saldanha was the 40-gun fifth rate Castor, which the...
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  • António de Saldanha was a Castilian-Portuguese 16th-century captain. He was the first European to set anchor in what is now called Table Bay, South Africa...
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    Saldanha man also known as Saldanha cranium or Elandsfontein cranium are fossilized remains of an archaic human. It is one of the key specimens for Homo...
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  • The first North Head Lighthouse on the northern side of the Saldanha Bay entrance, in South Africa, was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a...
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