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The Port of Gqeberha is a port in the city of Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Located in Algoa Bay, it handles dry bulk, bulk liquid, breakbulk and containers, as well as providing facilities for tugs and fishing vessels. [3] In the 2023 World Bank Container Port Performance Index, the port was ranked 391st out of 405. [4]
Gqeberha, the city's official name since 23 February 2021, is a Xhosa word for the Baakens river, which flows through the city. [24] [25]In 1820, the rising seaport of Algoa Bay was named "Port Elizabeth" in memory of Elizabeth Frances (née Markham), the wife of Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony. [26]
There are also two long, narrow, back lagoons at Noordhoek Beach; The Bokramspruit [6] flows into the sea near Kommetjie, at the southwest corner of the Noordhoek valley; The westward draining rivers of the Cape Point area: [8]: Ch15 There are several seasonal streams, seeps, and vleis, most of which dry up in the summer. Perennial rivers include:
Late 17th century map of Algoa Bay. British Settlers landing in Algoa Bay in 1820. By Thomas Baines, 1853.. The Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first European to reach Algoa Bay in 1488, where he planted a wooden cross on a small island now called St Croix or Santa Cruz island. [2]
On nautical charts, the top of the chart is always true north, rather than magnetic north, towards which a compass points. Most charts include a compass rose depicting the variation between magnetic and true north. However, the use of the Mercator projection has drawbacks. This projection shows the lines of longitude as parallel.
The MPA is between Schoenmakerskop and Seaview along the coast to the west of Port Elizabeth, adjacent to the Sardinia Bay Nature Reserve. It is 7 km long and extends one nautical mile out to sea. The tidal and subtidal shoreline has both rocky and sandy areas. 12,91 km 2 of ocean is protected. The MPA is a restricted area - no fishing or ...
Bluewater Bay is situated approximately 15 kilometres (9,3 miles) north of the city of Port Elizabeth on the mouth of the Swartkops River.Neighbouring suburbs include St Georges Strand to the north and Amsterdamhoek to the west.