Seagull Bay
| Möwebucht Gull Bay |
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Land mass | Southern Africa | |
| Geographical location | 19 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 12 ° 43 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| width | approx. 10 km | |
| depth | approx. 2 km | |
_(18416853041).jpg) Map with Seagull Bay (1898) |
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Möwebucht (officially English Möwe Bay ; afrikaans Möwebaai ) is a sea bay on the south Atlantic coast in northwestern Namibia , around 70 kilometers north of Terrace Bay and 10 kilometers north of the mouth of the Hoanib , the unofficial border between Damaraland and Kaokoveld .
It is the administrative headquarters of the Skeleton Coast National Park .
The bay was named after the ship SMS Möwe , which was the first to track down South African fur seals here in 1884 . Again a patrol boat of the Namibian Navy was named after the bay.
history
Since at least the 1970s there have been plans to expand Möwebucht as a fishing port, with the nearby Cape Cross as a port for general cargo . In this context, a railway line to the Kreuzkap was also evaluated
In 2018, the Shipwreck Lodge, a luxury accommodation for tourists, opened 45 kilometers north of Möwebucht .
Web links
- Information on the Seagull Bay (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pohamba does naval hat-trick. The Namibian, September 10, 2012.
- ^ Journal of Economic Geography: Social geography taking into account trade and transport geography, Issue 16, Pick-Verlag, 1972, p. 92.
- ↑ Mowe Bay 'cannot live on fish alone. The Namibian. In: AllAfrica.com, March 25, 1998.