Holiday resort at Mossel Bay, named after two steel tanks- Afrikaans: 'bakke', installed to hold water piped from the Outeniqua Mountains for the use of Transport Drivers and others!
placeREF P-0066173Revised
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Die Bakke
- Coordinates
- -34.1100, 22.0500
- Updated
- 18 Apr 2019
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Die Bakke
How we know this
- 01New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper
Last updated · 18 Apr 2019
South African History Online. (2011, July 14). Die Bakke. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0066173
South African History Online (2011) 'Die Bakke', South African History Online, 14 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0066173 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).
South African History Online, Die Bakke [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0066173, (accessed 24 July 2026).
"Die Bakke." South African History Online, 14 July 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0066173. Accessed 24 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Die Bakke." South African History Online. July 14, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ss/ref/P-0066173.
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