A gorgeous clear day driving from Kleinbaai to Danger Point Lighthouse in the Western Cape Province SOUTH AFRICA 13 OCTOBER 2023
KLEINBAAI
Kleinbaai is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Kleinbaai is located on the Danger Point Peninsula, 6 km from Gansbaai. A gravel road connects Kleinbaai to the Danger Point Lighthouse. This area is also well known for its whale-watching sites.
DANGER POINT LIGHTHOUSE
Danger Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the southern point of Walker Bay, near Gansbaai, in South Africa. It is a white octagonal masonry tower that has been in use since 1895.
Bartolomeu Dias originally named Danger Point Ponte de Sao Brandao when he landed there on May 16, 1488. The name Danger Point is derived from the treacherous reefs and rocks below the water that make it very dangerous for ships to sail close to the coast. The area is also known for the many great white sharks that are found here.
More than 140 ships have been wrecked and thousands of lives lost between Danger Point and Cape Infanta, to the east of Gansbaai. The troopship HMS Birkenhead was wrecked off Danger Point in 1852. A barely visible rock (now aptly named Birkenhead Rock) 1.679 kilometres (1.043 mi) from Danger Point, was fatal for the troopship carrying young Welsh and Scottish soldiers and their officers and family on their way to Eastern Cape to fight the Xhosa. The Birkenhead became famous because it was the first shipwreck where the "women and children first" protocol was applied. All women and children were saved but most of the men perished. There were only 193 survivors. In 1895, the Danger Point Lighthouse was built, providing more security for the ships in these dangerous waters.
The octagonal structure is 18.3 m (60 ft) tall and emits three beams of light every forty seconds.
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