Conception Bay (Namibia)
| Conception Bay | |
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| Conceptionbaai (Afrikaans) | |
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| Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
| Basin countries | Namibia |
| Settlements | None |
Conception Bay (Afrikaans: Conceptionbaai, German: Empfängnisbucht)[1] is a bay on the coast of Namibia, Africa.[2] The bay is exposed, thus not providing a useful anchorage.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Conception Bay opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest. There is a lagoon at the southern edge of its shoreline. The bay is located in a desolate area. It is part of one of the coastal stretches of Namibia where diamonds are found.[3]
Shipwrecks
[edit | edit source]On 30 July 1926 the cargo ship SS Cawdor Castle, operating under the flag of the United Kingdom, ran aground in Conception Bay.[4][5] She broke up over the following weeks and was a complete wreck by early September.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Band I, S. 562
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- ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Band I, S. 447 ff.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Karte des Küstengebietes zwischen Hottentottenbucht und Empfängnisbucht
- Deutsch-Südwestafrika: Funkentelegrafie Empfängnisbucht
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