Bay at the north of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa
For other uses, see Table Bay (disambiguation).
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Table Bay
Tafelbaai(Afrikaans)
An aerial view of Table Bay from Bloubergstrand, to the north of Cape Town. Table Mountain is visible in the distance on the far side of the bay.
Table Bay (Afrikaans: Tafelbaai) is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town (founded 1652 by Van Riebeeck) and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the flat-topped Table Mountain.
Table Bay, the harbour and the City Bowl from the summit of Table Mountain in 2022.
TableBay (Afrikaans: Tafelbaai) is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town (founded 1652 by Van Riebeeck) and is at the northern...
"Back Table". The "Back Table" extends southwards for approximately 6 km to the Constantia Nek-Hout Bay valley. The Atlantic side of the Back Table is known...
The bishop of TableBay is a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town. Since 2020 the incumbent has been the Right Reverend Joshua Louw....
Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in TableBay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South...
Camps Bay and the Atlantic coast in the west, the Southern Suburbs in the east, and Hout Bay in the south. This section was formed from the Table Mountain...
and similarly by The Daily Telegraph in 2016. Located on the shore of TableBay, the City Bowl area of Cape Town is the oldest urban area in the Western...
Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking TableBay and the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula...
This table lists those stars or other objects which have Bayer designations, grouped by the constellation part of the designation. Contents: A B C D...
Riding, Parklands, and Killarney. Table View has various shopping malls, such as Bayside Mall and TableBay Mall. Table View's beach is located along the...
The TableBay Nature Reserve is an 880-hectare (2,200-acre) nature reserve in Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa. It consists of several smaller constituent...
end of the Table Mountain plateau, at an elevation of 1,067 metres (3,501 ft). The upper cable station offers views over Cape Town, TableBay and Robben...
to TableBay, where Saldanha's ship cast anchor. On TableBay being given its present name in 1601, the older appellation was transferred to the bay now...
light industrial area of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located on the TableBay coast about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre. The area which...
seaside suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa, along the shores of TableBay, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) due north of the city centre of Cape Town. The...
aground in thick fog and was wrecked at Conception Bay while on a voyage from Swakopmund to TableBay. The Bohlen lies near two other wrecks, the Otavi...
Milnerton is a seaside town on TableBay and is located north of Cape Town in South Africa. It is located 11 kilometres to the north of the city's centre...
kingklip species in 1847 from a specimen caught near the entrance to TableBay and named it Xiphiurus capensis ('xiphos'=sword, 'oura'=tail). His description...
trade stations in the East. The Portuguese landed in Mossel Bay in 1500, explored TableBay two years later, and by 1510 had started raiding inland. Shortly...
amphitheatre-shaped area bordered by TableBay and defined by the mountains of Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. The area includes...
The Port of Cape Town, South Africa, is situated in TableBay. Because of its position along one of the world's busiest trade routes it is one of the...
unconsolidated sediments. Much of the bay is off the coast of the City of Cape Town, and it includes part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected...
Three Anchor Bay is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Small anchorage in TableBay. The name, first encountered in 1661...
December 1651. He landed two ships (The Drommedaris and Goede Hoope) in TableBay, at the future Cape Town site on 6 April 1652, and a third ship, the Reijger...
that in doubling the Cape they were a long day trying to weather the TableBay. However, the wind headed them, and went against them more and more, and...
from the maximum security prison on Robben Island, a small island in TableBay, to Pollsmoor Prison in Tokai, Cape Town. From there, Mandela was moved...
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