Pringle Bay

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Pringle Bay
Pringle Bay (South Africa)
Pringle Bay
Pringle Bay
Coordinates 34 ° 21 ′  S , 18 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 21 ′  S , 18 ° 49 ′  E
Basic data
Country South Africa

province

Western cape
District Overberg
local community Overstrand
Residents 801 (2011)
View over Pringle Bay
View over Pringle Bay

Pringle Bay ( Afrikaans : Pringlebaai ) is a place in the municipality of Overstrand , Overberg District , Western Cape Province in South Africa . In 2011 the place had 801 inhabitants. The city is located between Rooiels Bay and Betty's Bay , 100 kilometers southeast of Cape Town in the area of ​​the Kogelberg Nature Reserve.

history

The place is named after Rear Admiral Thomas Pringle.

Worth seeing

  • Kogelberg Nature Reserve , South Africa's first biosphere reserve
  • Drostergat cave
    • known as a hiding place for escaped convicts and runaway slaves in the 18th century; it is on private land.

Web links

Commons : Pringle Bay  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 2011 census , accessed November 23, 2013
  2. CapeNature ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / capenature.co.za