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The Diaz Cross, a commemorative nagivation beacon, is situated at Bordjiesrif above the Buffels Bay beach which is at the mouth of the Buffels River.  The beacon carries an inscription indicating that the early Portuguese navigator, Bartholomew Diaz, landed at Buffels Bay in 1487 after rounding Cape Point which at the time he thought was the southern-most tip of Africa. (Ref 1)
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Ref 1:  Estuaries of the Cape Report No.12 BUFFELS(WES)CSW 1 and BUFFELS (OOS)CSW 11 - CSIR RESEARCH REPORT 411
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