Mazeppa Bay

Mazeppa Bay
Mazeppa Bay
Mazeppa Bay Mazeppa Bay Mazeppa Bay  Mazeppa Bay shown within Eastern Cape
Coordinates: 32°28′41″S 28°39′04″E / 32.478°S 28.651°ECoordinates: 32°28′41″S 28°39′04″E / 32.478°S 28.651°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Mnquma
Area[1]
• Total	1.03 km^2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	111
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)[1]
• Black African	57.7%
• Coloured	1.8%
• White	36.0%
• Other	4.5%
First languages (2011)[1]
• Xhosa	56.0%
• English	28.0%
• Afrikaans	14.0%
• Tswana	2.0%
PO box	4960

Mazeppa Bay is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Holiday resort on the Wild Coast, 175 km north-east of East London. Named after the schooner Mazeppa which took the surviving Voortrekkers of Louis Trichardt's party from Delagoa Bay to Port Natal in 1839.^[2]

Mazeppa Bay is known for its fishing and was featured in episode three of the first season of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.^[3]

References

1. "Main Place Mazeppa Bay". Census 2011.
2. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 303.
3. "Season 1, Episode 3". Extreme Fishing with Robson Green Episode Guide. tvguide.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.