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MOSSEL BAY

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 903 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
MOSSEL BAY , the name of a bay, town and division of the Cape province,
South
  Africa. The bay lies midway between Table Bay (Cape Town) and Port Elizabeth roadstead. Like most of the
South
 
African
  bays it does not afford good anchorage. Westward, however, it is sheltered by Cape St Blaize, on which is a lighthouse. The town lies on the west side of the bay, Cape St Blaize stretching beyond to the S.E. Mossel Bay is 250 M. by sea and 312 M. by
rail
  E. by S. of Cape Town. Pop. (1904), 4500. The port ranks fourth in importance among the seaports of the Cape and does a large forwarding
trade
 . Vessels load and
discharge
  by means of lighters. Mossel Bay is a station on the
direct
  Cape TownPort Elizabeth railway. The Mossel Bay division of the province has an area of 707 sq. m., and a
population
  (1904) of 10,700, of whom 49 % were whites.


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