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The towns and villages of the Cape Peninsula and Cape Flats, and the undeveloped land of the rest of the peninsula now form part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The Cape Peninsula is bounded to the north by Table Bay, to the west by the open Atlantic Ocean, and to the east by False Bay in the south and the Cape Flats in the ...
This is a list of National Historic Sites (French: Lieux historiques nationaux) in the province of Ontario. As of July 2021, there were 274 sites designated in Ontario, [1] 39 of which are administered by Parks Canada (identified below and on the cluster pages listed below by the beaver icon ). Of all provinces and territories, Ontario has the ...
Historic sites in the Philippines are designated by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and its predecessor agencies through the installation of historical markers (Filipino: panandang pangkasaysayan). [1]
The city is known for its harbour, its natural setting in the Cape Floristic Region, and for landmarks such as Table Mountain and Cape Point. In 2014, Cape Town was named the best place in the world to visit by The New York Times , [ 15 ] and was similarly ranked number one by The Daily Telegraph in both 2016 and 2023.
Map showing the Cape Peninsula, illustrating the positions of the Cape Town City Bowl, nestled between Table Mountain, Lion's Head, Devil's Peak and Table Bay, the main mountains and peaks that make up the Peninsula, and the Cape of Good Hope in the far south of the Peninsula. Most of the mountainous areas indicated in light and darker brown ...
Cape of Good Hope (left) and Cape Hangklip (right) in South Africa, from space Cape Tisan in Mersin Province, Turkey Cape Tindari and Marinello lagoons, Sicily. In geography, a cape is a headland, peninsula or promontory extending into a body of water, usually a sea. [1]
The Lion Mountain and the story of Bantry Bay, Clifton and Camps Bay on the Atlantic Coast of the Cape Peninsula by Mona de Beer, ISBN 0869611518; To Live This Poor Life': Remembering the Hottentots Huisie Squatter Fishery, Cape Town, c. 1934-c. 1965 by Lance van Sittert, Social History, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Jan., 2001), pp. 1–21
Summers are warm and humid with the warmest month, July, averaging 22.4 °C (72.3 °F), which is among the highest in Ontario. [20] The surrounding lake moderates summertime temperatures, cooling the flow of warm air masses originating from the Gulf of Mexico and as a result, temperatures above 30 °C (86.0 °F) are rare, with only 4–8 days ...