Jeffrey's Bay (South Africa)

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Name (Latin)
Jeffrey's Bay (South Africa)
Other forms of name
Jeffreysbaai (South Africa)
Jeffreys Bay (South Africa)
J. Bay (South Africa)
JBay (South Africa)
Coordinates
24.91666667 24.91666667 -34.03333333 -34.03333333 (gooearth )
Associated country
South Africa
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 154963766
Wikidata: Q585092
Library of congress: n 2001155443
Sources of Information
  • Columbia Gazeteer of the Worldtown, Eastern Cape prov., Republic of South Africa., on St, Francis Bay on Indian Ocean coast, 40 mi/ 64 km W of Port Elizabeth and 15 mi/ 24 km E of Humansdorp
  • GEOnet, Dec. 6, 2001(Jeffrey's Bay; PPL; 34°03ʹ00ʺS, 24°55ʹ00ʺE; South Africa
  • Hift, Robbie. Legends of Jeffreys Bay, 2000:t.p. (Jeffreys Bay) verso t.p. (in South Africa) p. 38 (J. Bay) p. 3 of cover (JBay; J-Bay)
  • GEOnet, Dec. 6, 2001(Jeffrey's Bay; PPL; 30p0s03ʹ00"S, 24p0s55ʹ00"E; South Africa

Wikipedia description:

Jeffreys Bay (Afrikaans: Jeffreysbaai, nicknamed J-bay) is a town of 27,107 inhabitants as of the 2011 census in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Kouga municipality and is famous amongst surfers as a surf capital due to the right-hand point break at Supertubes Beach. The town is situated just off the N2 Highway, about 75 kilometres southwest of Port Elizabeth.

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