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False Bay

British  

noun

  1. a bay in SW South Africa, near the Cape of Good Hope

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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AFP journalists near the Simon's Town base saw the Russian-flagged corvette vessel pull into False Bay.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

A study from False Bay, in Cape Town, South Africa found the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac in sea lettuce, an edible seaweed.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2021

Spotted eagle owls nest in the camphor trees; prehistoric cycads shade Lady Anne Barnard’s bath; and a superb raised walkway known as the boomslang gives jaw-dropping views across False Bay.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2018

When to go: In the morning, as the False Bay coast is close to the mountains and loses the sun early.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2016

We came in sight of land yesterday evening, and spent the greater part of the day in beating up False Bay to Simonstown, where we arrived about half-past six P.M.

From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by George Grey

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