Pipas Bay () is a bay in
Angola
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. It is located in the
Namibe Province
Namibe Province is a Provinces of Angola, province of Angola. Under Portuguese Angola, Portuguese rule it was the Moçâmedes District. It has an area of 57,091 km2 and had a 2014 census population of 495,326. The port and city of Namibe, Mo ...
, 30 km north of
Moçâmedes
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.
Geography
Pipas Bay is an open bay of the
South Atlantic Ocean
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. The bay is facing west, with the ''Ponta da Baia'' headland at the southwestern end and the ''Praia das Salinas'' beach stretching north towards the northern end of the bay. The small settlement of
Pipas is located near the shore.
See also
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Geography of Angola
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References
Bays of the Atlantic Ocean
Bays of Angola
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