Mazeppa Bay

Mazeppa Bay

Mazeppa Bay
Mazeppa Bay

 Mazeppa Bay shown within South Africa

Coordinates: 32°28′41″S 28°39′04″E / 32.478°S 28.651°ECoordinates: 32°28′41″S 28°39′04″E / 32.478°S 28.651°E
Country South Africa
Province Eastern Cape
District Amathole
Municipality Mnquma
Area[1]
 • Total 1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
 • Total 111
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
 • Black African 57.7%
 • Coloured 1.8%
 • White 36.0%
 • Other 4.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
 • Xhosa 56.0%
 • English 28.0%
 • Afrikaans 14.0%
 • Tswana 2.0%
PO box 4960

Mazeppa Bay is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Holiday resort on the Wild Coast, 175 km north-east of East London. Named after the schooner Mazeppa which took the surviving Voortrekkers of Louis Trichardt's party from Delagoa Bay to Port Natal in 1839.[2]

Mazeppa Bay is known for its fishing and was featured in episode three of the first season of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Main Place Mazeppa Bay". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 303.
  3. ↑ "Season 1, Episode 3". Extreme Fishing with Robson Green Episode Guide. tvguide.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.