St Georges Strand is a coastal village located in the
Eastern Cape, South Africa and is ~20 kilometres north of
Port Elizabeth
Gqeberha (), formerly Port Elizabeth and colloquially often referred to as P.E., is a major seaport and the most populous city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the seat of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, S ...
.
Geography
St Georges Strand is on
Algoa Bay
Algoa Bay is a maritime bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is located in the east coast, east of the Cape of Good Hope.
Algoa Bay is bounded in the west by Cape Recife and in the east by Cape Padrone. The bay is up to deep. The harbour ...
surrounded by the
Coega Industrial Development Zone
The Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), established in 1999 and 11,500 ha in extent, is situated near Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The initiative is a multibillion-dollar industrial development comple ...
(which includes the deepwater port,
Port of Ngqura
The Port of Ngqura is a deepwater port on the east coast (Indian Ocean) of South Africa, 20 km northeast of Gqeberha. It was authorised by an act of parliament in 2002, construction started in September 2002 and the port became operational i ...
) in the north,
Wells Estate in the west and
Bluewater Bay in the south.
St Georges Strand is one of Port Elizabeth's northernmost suburbs.
Beach
The beach at St Georges Strand is Port Elizabeth's northernmost beach. Swimming at the beach is not advised due to violent waters and waves. This is the reason why the beach is not very often frequented by locals or is known very well in the Port Elizabeth area. However lifeguards are on duty during the peak/summer holiday season.
Road Access
St Georges Strand is situated east of the
N2 highway
The N2 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through George, Gqeberha, East London, Mthatha and Durban to Ermelo. It is the main highway along the Indian Ocean coast of the country. Its current length of makes it the l ...
and the Exit 761 off-ramp. King George's Avenue connects the village to the N2 and the
R335.
The N2 highway connects to the city of Port Elizabeth and
Humansdorp to the south and
Makhanda and
East London
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...
to the north.
The R335 connects to
Motherwell
Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lana ...
, Wells Estate,
Markman and
Addo
Addo may refer to:
*Addo (surname)
*Addo Elephant National Park in Eastern Cape province, South Africa
*Addo, Eastern Cape, village in Eastern Cape province, South Africa
* AB Addo, Swedish former manufacturer of office machines
* Edo language, al ...
.
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References
Populated places in Nelson Mandela Bay