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Cape
Cross
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Accommodation:
60.1 Cape Cross Lodge 24
60.2 Cape Cross Self Catering 25
60.3 Mile 72 25
Activities:
60.4 Cape Cross Activities 26
60.5 Cape Cross Museum 26
Restaurant:
60.6 Cape Cross Lodge Restaurant 27
Shopping:
60.7 Cape Cross Gallery 27
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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