Robberg Peninsula - a home of seals
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Robberg Peninsula - a home of seals

by Elizaveta Kovaleva

This picture is taken from the Robberg Peninsula (Robberg Nature Reserve), situated close to the Plettenberg Bay on the Garden Route. "Rob" in Afrikaans is "seal", so the place is literally called "the seal mountain". The extension on the right is "the Island" – a small rocky area connected with the peninsula by the narrow strip of sand. This strip of sand is basically a beach bar washed by water at its both long sides. Robberg Island is built up by conglomerates of Robberg group and is a beautiful home of many marine bird species, reptiles, seals and indigenous plants. The Nelson Bay Cave, situated on the Robberg Peninsula, is one of the oldest caves, inhabited by human.

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