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Cape
Cross
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Accommodation:
60.1 Mile 72 18
60.2 Cape Cross Lodge 19
60.3 Cape Cross Self Catering 19
Activities:
60.4 Cape Cross Activities 20
60.5 Cape Cross Museum 20
Restaurant:
60.6 Cape Cross Lodge Restaurant 21
Shopping:
60.7 Cape Cross Gallery 21
Famous For:
» Diego Câo, celebrated Portuguese
seafarer and explorer, erected a padrâo in
1486 while searching for a sea route
around Africa to India
» The cross became a landmark and an
important 15th century navigational aid
» Various 4x4 routes (Messum Crater, Ugab
Menhir, Brandberg West)
» Largest colony of Cape Fur Seals
» Abundance of Welwitschia plants, 1500
years old
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