Wide view of Windmill Beach, Simon's Town, Western Cape.

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Windmill Beach

Simon's Town · South Africa

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A quiet cove tucked between enormous weathered granite boulders on False Bay, with kelp visible in the clear cold water. It is a well-known shore-entry dive site and penguins from the Boulders colony pass through.

Country
South Africa (ZA)
Region
Africa
Sand
Pale
Water
Cold, clear and kelp-lined
Administrative area
Western Cape
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Source family
GeoNames
Source updated
2018-12-05

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Windmill Beach

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Source position

-34.20114, 18.45710

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  1. GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗

    Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.

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