Haaiklip is a rock and is located in Western Cape, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 8 metres. The name is Afrikaans and means "shark rock'. The dreaded White Shark is a frequent visitor too False Bay!
placeREF P-0124463Revised
Place record
Haaiiklip Island
- Coordinates
- -34.1739, 18.7768
- Updated
- 18 Apr 2019
A Great White near Haaiklip Image source
Location Map
Haaiiklip Island
How we know this
- 01 https://www.myfishmaps.com/intl-fishing-maps/South_Africa/fishing-Natural_Land_Structures/Rock/Western_Cape/Haaiklip/ New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper
Last updated · 18 Apr 2019
South African History Online. (2017, November 22). Haaiiklip Island. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124463
South African History Online (2017) 'Haaiiklip Island', South African History Online, 22 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124463 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Haaiiklip Island [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124463, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Haaiiklip Island." South African History Online, 22 Nov. 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124463. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Haaiiklip Island." South African History Online. November 22, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124463.
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