Port Nolloth

Afrikaans name: Port Nolloth

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Northern Cape

The harbour town of Port Nolloth was named after Commander Nolloth of the Royal Navy who surveyed the area in 1854.

Originally the port was important in the handling of copper but nowadays it serves the lobster fishing industry and reclaiming diamonds from the sea bed, although this activity has declined dramatically over the years.

The harbour is now closed to bigger ships. Over the years a couple of ships have got shipwrecked trying to make the tricky entrance into the harbour.

What is there to do at Port Nolloth?

References and further reading

Things ewe never knewe about South African place names - Author: Ann Gadd - Published: 2015 - Page: 180

The Pictorial Motoring Atlas of South Africa - Author: Maxwell Leigh - Published: 1987 - Page: 13

Southern African Birdfinder - Author: Cohen, Spottiswoode and Rossouw - Published: 2006 - Page: 84

Southern Africa from the Highway - Author: AA RSA - Published: 1991 - Page: 152

Readers Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa - 4th edition - Author: - Published: 1986 - Page: 168

On Route - Explore South Africa region by region - 3rd edition - Author: B.P.J. Erasmus - Published: 2014 - Page: 113

On Route - A region by region guide to South Africa - Author: B.P.J. Erasmus - Published: 1995 - Page: 349

Journey Through the Living Deserts of South Africa - Author: CM Dean - Published: 2005 - Page: 85

Lighthouses of South Africa - Author: Gerald Hoberman - Published: 2009 - Page: 223

Essential Birding: Western South Africa - Author: Callan Cohen and Claire Spottiswoode - Published: 2000 - Page: 99

Journey Through the Living Deserts of South Africa - Author: CM Dean - Published: 2005 - Page: 74

Country Life - Issue 268 - Author: - Published: 2018 - Page: 26

Country Life - Issue 178 - Author: - Published: 2011 - Page: 21

Conollys Guide to Southern Africa - 2nd edition - Author: Denis Conolly - Published: 1982 - Page: 354

Book of the Road - 4th edition - Author: MapStudio - Published: 2019 - Page: 139

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