Cape Peninsula

British  

noun

1. (in South Africa) the peninsula and the part of the mainland on which Cape Town and most of its suburbs are located

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Example Sentences

Vessels flying Chinese, Iranian and Russian flags have been seen sailing into South Africa's main naval base in Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula in recent days.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

The sea breezes blowing across the isthmus of the Cape Peninsula, the cool leafiness of the lovely suburbs, were as a very tonic after the hot, steamy, tropical glow of his remote home.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

All who started on the South-West Campaign will remember their Cape Peninsula experience after the heat and burden of the Rebellion.

From With Botha in the Field by Ritchie, Eric Moore

When the sun shines and full summer rules upon the Cape Peninsula the place must be glorious.

From A Tramp's Notebook by Roberts, Morley

It took us an hour to cross the Lowry Strait, which at no very distant period must have been covered by sea and separated the Cape Peninsula from the Continent.

From Through South Africa His Visit to Rhodesia, the Transvaal, Cape Colony, Natal by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)