Cape Cross

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Cape Cross (in Afrikaans: Kaap Kruis - in German: Das Kreuzkap) is a cape in the South Atlantic on the coast of Namibia, on the C34 highway some 60 kilometres north of Henties Bay.


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Cape Cross Reserve is situated 120 kilometres north of Swakopmund on the west coast of Namibia.

The reserve is the home of one of the largest colonies of Cape Fur Seals in the world.

The name refers to the large stone cross erected in the area by Portuguese explorers in the 
15th century.


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Cape Cross is one of two main sites in Namibia where seals are culled, partly for selling their hides and partly for protecting the fish stock.



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