Mosselbaai (English spelling)

Japanese: モセルバーイ(英語表記)Mosselbaai
Mosselbaai (English spelling)
A port town in the Western Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa. Population 17,000 (1970). It is called Mossel Bay in English. It is located on the Indian Ocean coast, 246 nautical miles east of Cape Town by sea and 500 km by rail, and its port facilities are located on the northern tip of the cape surrounding the bay of the same name. It is known as a convenient port to avoid the wind and waves from the south, and as a resort with several beautiful beaches. Bartolomeu Dias first stopped there in 1488, Vasco da Gama called at the port in 1497, and Pedro Dataide landed there in 1500 to escape a storm.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
南アフリカ共和国南部,西ケープ州の港町。人口1万7000(1970)。英語ではモセル・ベイMossel Bayという。ケープ・タウンから東へ海路246カイリ,鉄道で500kmのインド洋岸にあり,同名の湾を囲む岬の先端の北側に港湾施設をもつ。南からの風波を避けるのに好適な港として,また幾つかの美しい海水浴場のある保養地として知られる。1488年にバルトロメウ・ディアスが初めて立ち寄り,97年にはバスコ・ダ・ガマが寄港,1500年にはペドロ・ダタイデが嵐を避けて上陸した。

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