Conception Bay (Namibia)

This article is about the bay in Namibia. For the bay in Newfoundland, see Conception Bay.
Conception Bay
Conceptionbaai (Afrikaans)
Conception Bay is located in Namibia
Conception Bay
Conception Bay
Location in Namibia
Coordinates23°55′S 14°30′E / 23.917°S 14.500°E / -23.917; 14.500
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Basin countriesNamibia
SettlementsNone

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

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

On 30 July 1926 the SS Cawdor Castle, a cargo ship 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

References

  1. ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Band I, S. 562
  2. ^ "Conception Bay". Mapcarta. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Band I, S. 447 ff.
  4. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 44338. London. 31 July 1926. col G, p. 8.
  5. ^ "Union-Castle liner ashore". The Times. No. 44338. London. 31 July 1926. col C, p. 20.
  6. ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 44368. London. 4 September 1926. col G, p. 17.


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