Hoedjiespunt, Saldanha

#1 among attractions in Saldanha

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Hoedjiespunt is a Middle Pleistocene aged hominid fossil-bearing site on the West coast of South Africa, near the town of Saldanha Bay. The site is an ancient brown hyena lair dug into the side of a sand dune, located on a peninsula overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The site became fossilized under a large calcrete formation around 280,000 years ago, at which time it was likely several kilometers from the ocean. ()

Coordinates: 33°1'43"S, 17°57'34"E

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Day trips

Hoedjiespunt – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: North Head Lighthouse, Langebaan, Malgas Island.

3.2 miSW
Lighthouse
North Head Lighthouse
82 min walk • The first North Head Lighthouse on the northern side of the Saldanha Bay entrance, in South Africa, was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a square concrete pillar, installed on December 7, 1939. It had a small diaphone fog signal.
6.2 miSE
Town
Langebaan
158 min walk • Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon. Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27, about 28 km from Vredenburg and 20 km from Saldanha Bay.
2.6 miSW
National park
Malgas Island
66 min walk • Malgas Island is a small, 8.3 hectares, uninhabited island lying in the northern part of the entrance to Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It lies about 800 metres from the mainland in the Benguela upwelling system.