Country South Africa District Amathole Established 1822 Local time Sunday 1:35 AM | Province Eastern Cape Municipality Great Kei Postal code (street) 5292 | |
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Weather 19°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 84% Humidity | ||
Morgans Bay is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Map of Morgans Bay, 5292, South Africa
The holiday village of Morgans Bay was given its current name in 1822, when it was named after A.F. Morgan, the master of the Barracouta, a survey ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was part of an expedition under Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen, sent out by the British Admiralty to survey the coast from Maputo to the mouth of the Keiskamma River. The nearby Bead Beach (Treasure Beach) is the site of a 16th-century Portuguese shipwreck.
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