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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.
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.
Blaauwberg Nature Reserve was proclaimed a local and provincial nature reserve in 2007. The reserve has views down fynbos slopes, across the city, [where?] to seven kilometres of rocky and sandy coastline and the ocean and beyond.
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
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.
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Blouberg Nature Reserve is a protected area situated close to Vivo, west of Louis Trichardt in the Limpopo Province, of South Africa.It covers an area of 9,360 hectares (23,100 acres) from the eastern portion of the Blouberg mountain range to the savanna near the Brak River, [1] Blouberg was established as a protected area in 1990 by Peter G Dix.