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Cape Cross Seal Colony
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| Cape Cross is on the Skeleton Coast about 120km north of Swakopmund. It is the spot where Diogo Cao, a Portuguese sailor, set foot on what is now Namibia in 1486. He was the first European to arrive on the Atlantic coast and he erected a cross here as a navigational aid. Today, Cape Cross is a popular tourist attraction, not because of its stone cross, but because of its seal colony. At certain times of the year as many as 100 000 seals choose to sit on the same rock or frolic in the surrounding waves and surf. |
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Information about Cape Cross, the Seal Reserv, location and history. |
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A brief, useful description of Cape Cross. |
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A series of pictures presenting the seal colony. |
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A general presentation of Cape Cross - the seal colony. |
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