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Algoa Bay

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Algoa Bay is a bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. [1]

54 relations: Addo Elephant National Park, African oystercatcher, African penguin, Algoa Bay, Aluminium, Anchovy, Antarctic tern, Bartolomeu Dias, Bilge, BirdLife International, Bottlenose dolphin, Brown fur seal, Bryde's whale, Cape Agulhas, Cape cormorant, Cape gannet, Cape of Good Hope, Chemical warfare, Chenopodium, Coega, Common dolphin, Doddington (East Indiaman), Donkin Heritage Trail, Dover, East Indiaman, Eastern Cape, Google Earth, Great white shark, Humpback dolphin, Humpback whale, India, Indian Ocean, Joshua Slocum, Kelp gull, Kwaaihoek, Marooning, Mesembryanthemum, Nautical chart, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Non-governmental organization, Oil refinery, Petroleum, Port Elizabeth, Roseate tern, Sailing Alone Around the World, Sardinops, Seabird, South Africa, Southern right whale, St. Croix Island (Algoa Bay), ..., Sulfur mustard, Tetragonia, Vasco da Gama, World War II. Expand index (4 more) »

Addo Elephant National Park

Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is one of the country's 19 national parks.

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African oystercatcher

The African oystercatcher or African black oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini), is a large charismatic wader resident to the mainland coasts and offshore islands of southern Africa. This near-threatened oystercatcher has a population of over 6,000 adults, which breed between November and April. The scientific name moquini commemorates the French naturalist Alfred Moquin-Tandon who discovered and named this species before Bonaparte.

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African penguin

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin, is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.

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Algoa Bay

Algoa Bay is a bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Anchovy

An anchovy is a small, common forage fish of the family Engraulidae.

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Antarctic tern

The Antarctic tern (Sterna vittata) is a typical tern.

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Bartolomeu Dias

Bartolomeu Dias (Anglicized: Bartholomew Diaz; c. 1450 – 29 May 1500), a nobleman of the Portuguese royal household, was a Portuguese explorer.

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Bilge

The bilge (IPA: /bɪldʒ/) is the lowest compartment on a ship or seaplane, below the waterline, where the two sides meet at the keel.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International (formerly the International Council for Bird Preservation) is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.

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Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin.

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Brown fur seal

The brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and the Australian fur seal is a species of fur seal.

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Bryde's whale

Bryde's whale or the Bryde's whale complex putatively comprises two species of rorqual and maybe three.

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Cape Agulhas

Cape Agulhas (Cabo das Agulhas, "Cape of the Needles") is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa.

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Cape cormorant

The Cape cormorant or Cape shag (Phalacrocorax capensis) is a bird endemic to the southwestern coasts of Africa.

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Cape gannet

The Cape gannet (Morus capensis) originally Sula capensis, is a large seabird of the gannet family, Sulidae.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop, Kaap de Goede Hoop, Cabo da Boa Esperança) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.

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Chemical warfare

Chemical warfare (CW) involves using the toxic properties of chemical substances as weapons.

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Chenopodium

Chenopodium is a genus of numerous species of perennial or annual herbaceous flowering plants known as the goosefoots, which occur almost anywhere in the world.

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Coega

The Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), established in 1999 and 11,500 ha in extent, is situated near Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Common dolphin

The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.

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Doddington (East Indiaman)

Doddington was an East Indiaman of the British East India Company (EIC).

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Donkin Heritage Trail

The Donkin Heritage Trail is a 5 km self-guided walking trail along the old hill of central Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England.

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East Indiaman

East Indiaman was a general name for any sailing ship operating under charter or licence to any of the East India Companies of the major European trading powers of the 17th through the 19th centuries.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa.

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Google Earth

Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery.

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Great white shark

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), commonly known as the great white or the white shark, is a species of large mackerel shark which can be found in the coastal surface waters of all the major oceans.

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Humpback dolphin

Humpback dolphins are members of the genus Sousa.

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Humpback whale

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Ocean

The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).

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Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum (February 20, 1844 – on or shortly after November 14, 1909) was the first man to sail single-handedly around the world.

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Kelp gull

The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the southern hemisphere.

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Kwaaihoek

Kwaaihoek is a rocky headland on the coast of Algoa Bay, near Bushman's River Mouth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Marooning

Marooning is the intentional act of abandoning someone in an uninhabited area, such as a desert island.

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Mesembryanthemum

Mesembryanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae; like many members of this family, it is characterized by long-lasting flower heads.

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Nautical chart

A nautical chart is a graphic representation of a maritime area and adjacent coastal regions.

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Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (Nelson Mandelabaai Metropolitaanse Munisipaliteit) is one of eight metropolitan municipalities (also called Category A municipalities) in South Africa.

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Non-governmental organization

Non-governmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, or nongovernment organizations, commonly referred to as NGOs, are usually non-profit and sometimes international organizations independent of governments and international governmental organizations (though often funded by governments) that are active in humanitarian, educational, health care, public policy, social, human rights, environmental, and other areas to effect changes according to their objectives.

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Oil refinery

Oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is transformed and refined into more useful products such as petroleum naphtha, gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt base, heating oil, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, jet fuel and fuel oils.

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Petroleum

Petroleum is a naturally occurring, yellow-to-black liquid found in geological formations beneath the Earth's surface.

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Port Elizabeth

Port Elizabeth or The Bay (iBhayi; Die Baai) is one of the largest cities in South Africa; it is situated in the Eastern Cape Province, east of Cape Town.

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Roseate tern

The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a tern in the family Laridae.

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Sailing Alone Around the World

Sailing Alone Around the World is a sailing memoir by Joshua Slocum in 1900 about his single-handed global circumnavigation aboard the sloop Spray.

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Sardinops

Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Clupeidae.

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Seabird

Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Southern right whale

The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.

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St. Croix Island (Algoa Bay)

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Sulfur mustard

Sulfur mustard, commonly known as mustard gas, is the prototypical substance of the sulfur-based family of cytotoxic and vesicant chemical warfare agents known as the sulfur mustards which have the ability to form large blisters on exposed skin and in the lungs.

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Tetragonia

Tetragonia is a genus of about 85 species of flowering plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to temperate and subtropical regions mostly of the Southern Hemisphere, in New Zealand, Australia, southern Africa and South America.

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Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c. 1460s – 24 December 1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algoa_Bay

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