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Bloubergstrand / ˌ b l oʊ b ər ɡ ˈ s t r æ n d / is a seaside suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa, along the shores of Table Bay, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) due north of the city centre of Cape Town. The name Bloubergstrand literally means "blue mountain beach" in Afrikaans, and is derived from Blaauwberg (231 metres
Blouberg comprises the coastal suburbs of Bloubergstrand, Big Bay and Table View, which is the largest suburb of the area.Between these coastal suburbs and West Coast Road to the east are Bloubergrant, Blouberg Rise, Blouberg Sands and West Beach.
Blouberg, Western Cape, a group of suburbs north of Cape Town and comprises Bloubergstrand, Table View and Parklands among other suburbs Bloubergstrand, a beach town near Cape Town named after the mountain; Blouberg (range), a rocky range in Limpopo Province; Blouberg Local Municipality, a municipality in Limpopo Province named after the range
Scelotes montispectus, the Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink, is a species of skink which is endemic to southwestern South Africa. [2] Distribution
Robben Island (Afrikaans: Robbeneiland) is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, north of Cape Town, South Africa.It takes its name from the Dutch word for seals (robben), hence the Dutch/Afrikaans name Robbeneiland, which translates to Seal(s) Island.
Table Mountain as seen from Lion's Head, with low-lying cloud cover over Cape Town Cape Town under the clouds. The main feature of Table Mountain is the level plateau approximately three kilometres (2 mi) from side to side, edged by steep cliffs.
Scelotes montispectus Bauer, Whiting & Sadlier, 2003 – Bloubergstrand dwarf burrowing skink; Scelotes mossambicus (W. Peters, 1882) – Mozambique dwarf burrowing skink; Scelotes poensis Bocage, 1895 – Fernando Po burrowing skink; Scelotes sexlineatus (Harlan, 1824) – striped dwarf burrowing skink
The Blouberg is known for the high endemism of its invertebrates. Number 7 is a specimen of Calommata transvaalica, a spider from the Blouberg NASA picture of the Blouberg (dark shape, middle right) and the pale Makgabeng Plateau directly to the south of it