Three Anchor Bay is a suburb of
Cape Town
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in the
Western Cape
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province of
South Africa
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.
Small anchorage in
Table Bay
Table Bay (Afrikaans: ''Tafelbaai'') is a natural bay on the Atlantic Ocean overlooked by Cape Town and is at the northern end of the Cape Peninsula, which stretches south to the Cape of Good Hope. It was named because it is dominated by the fl ...
. The name, first encountered in 1661, possibly refers to anchors securing chains stretched as defence across the bay. The form Drieankerbaai is preferred for official purposes.
Afrikaans language
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author and poet
Ingrid Jonker drowned herself at the nearby beach on July 19, 1965.
The
National Sea Rescue Institute
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is headquartered there.
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Suburbs of Cape Town