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Elands Bay
Baboon Point, Elands Bay
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Coordinates: 32°18′S 18°19′E / 32.300°S 18.317°E / -32.300; 18.317
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	West Coast
Municipality	Cederberg
Area
• Total	3.76 km (1.45 sq mi)
Population
• Total	1,525
• Density	410/km (1,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	30.6%
• Coloured	60.1%
• Indian/Asian	1.4%
• White	7.5%
• Other	0.3%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	74.7%
• Xhosa	17.1%
• English	4.0%
• Other	4.2%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	8110
Area code	022

Elands Bay is a town in South Africa, situated in the Western Cape Province, on the Atlantic Ocean, at 32°18′S 18°19′E / 32.300°S 18.317°E / -32.300; 18.317. The town is located about 220 kilometres (two and a half hours drive) north from Cape Town. 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 declared the Elands Bay Cave and most of Baboon Point (Cape Deseada), on which it is located, as a provincial heritage site. Eland's Bay along with much of this coastline is an "important" bird habitat. The local wetland, Verlorenvlei, is a Ramsar wetland.

• Cave at Eland's Bay

See also

• Mussel Point, a large "prehistoric" shell midden near Elands Bay
• Verlorevlei River
• Elands Bay Cave

References

1. ^ "Main Place Elands Bay". Census 2011.
2. Parkington, John (1981). Pattern of the past: studies in honour of David Clarke. Cambridge University Press. pp. 341–57. ISBN 0-521-22763-1.
3. Provincial Notice 4619,Province of the Western Cape Provincial Gazette, No. 6621, Cape Town: 9 April 2009, p.549

External links

Media related to Elands Bay at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Roadmap to Elandsbay
• Elandsbay Backpackers & Information
• National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999

v t e Municipalities and communities of West Coast District Municipality, Western Cape
District seat: Moorreesburg
Matzikama	Bitterfontein Doringbaai Ebenhaeser Klawer Kliprand Koekenaap Lutzville Nuwerus Papendorp Rietpoort Strandfontein Vanrhynsdorp Vredendal
Cederberg	Citrusdal Clanwilliam Elands Bay Graafwater Lambert's Bay Leipoldtville Wupperthal
Bergrivier	Aurora Dwarskersbos Eendekuil Goedverwacht Piketberg Porterville Redelinghuys Velddrif Wittewater
Saldanha Bay	Britannia Bay Hopefield Jacobsbaai Langebaan Langebaanweg Paternoster Saldanha St Helena Bay Stompneus Bay Vredenburg
Swartland	Abbotsdale Chatsworth Darling Esterhof Grotto Bay Jakkalsfontein Kalbaskraal Koringberg Malmesbury Moorreesburg Riebeek-Kasteel Riebeek West Yzerfontein

• Surfing locations in South Africa
• Populated places in the Cederberg Local Municipality