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Capetown (formerly, Gas Jet and False Cape [1]) is a locality [1] in Humboldt County, California. It is located on the Bear River 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Cape Mendocino, [1] at an elevation of 49 feet (15 m). [2] The Gas Jet post office operated from 1868 to 1876. [1] The name referred to escaping gas from an oil well. [1]
The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was 'ǁHui ǃGais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoe language meaning "where clouds gather."
There’s a reason the burger company went In-N-Out of California According to the Hoover Institution, over 350 businesses moved their headquarters out of California from 2018 to 2021. Eleven of ...
The Cape Flats is a low-lying area situated to the southeast of Cape Town's central business district. It is known for its rich cultural history and diverse communities. Below is a list of notable suburbs on the Cape Flats: Athlone – Known as a cultural hub with significant historical ties to the anti-apartheid struggle. [21]
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The Mendocino triple junction is located at the eastern end of the Mendocino fracture zone where it approaches Cape Mendocino. The Mendocino triple junction (MTJ) is the point where the Gorda plate, the North American plate, and the Pacific plate meet, in the Pacific Ocean near Cape Mendocino in northern California.
Many places have different names in different languages, and a change of language in official or general use has often resulted in what is arguably a change of name. There are many reasons to undertake renaming, with political motivation being the primary cause; for example many places in the former Soviet Union and its satellites were renamed ...
The Cape Peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south, [1] with an area of about 470 km 2, and it displays more topographical variety than other similar sized areas in southern Africa, and consequently spectacular scenery. There are diverse low-nutrient soils, large rocky outcrops, scree slopes, a mainly ...