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Old Harbour Museum, the Glossary

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The Old Harbour Museum is a South African museum situated on the coast, in the heart of Hermanus.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Abalone, Afrikaans, Cape Government Railways, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, Cetacea, English language, Fynbos, Harbor, Hatchery, Hermanus, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Onrusrivier, Overstrand Local Municipality, Piet Pretorius, Provincial heritage site (South Africa), Shark, Southern right whale, Sperm whale, Taxidermy, Western Cape, Whale, Xhosa language.

  2. Local museums in South Africa
  3. Maritime museums in South Africa
  4. Museums in South Africa
  5. Museums in the Western Cape
  6. Whale conservation
  7. Whaling museums

Abalone

Abalone (or; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six subgenera but now contains only one genus Haliotis.

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Cape Government Railways

The Cape Government Railways (CGR) was the government-owned railway operator in the Cape Colony from 1874 until the creation of the South African Railways (SAR) in 1910.

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Cape of Good Hope

The Cape of Good Hope (Kaap die Goeie Hoop) is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.

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Cetacea

Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.

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Fynbos

Fynbos is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.

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Harbor

A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.

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Hatchery

A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish, poultry or even turtles.

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Hermanus

Hermanus (originally called Hermanuspietersfontein, but shortened in 1902 as the name was too long for the postal service, at the official), is a town on the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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International Fund for Animal Welfare

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities in the world.

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Onrusrivier

Onrusrivier, or Onrus, is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Overstrand Local Municipality

Overstrand Municipality (Overstrand Munisipaliteit; uMasipala wase Overstrand) is a local municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

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Piet Pretorius

Piet Pretorius was the deputy speaker of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament, South Africa.

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Provincial heritage site (South Africa)

Provincial heritage sites in South Africa are places that are of historic or cultural importance within the context of the province concerned and which are for this reason declared in terms of Section 28 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) or legislation of the applicable province.

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Shark

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.

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Southern right whale

The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.

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Sperm whale

The sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.

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Taxidermy

Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body by mounting (over an armature) or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.

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Western Cape

The Western Cape (Wes-Kaap; iNtshona-Koloni) is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country.

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Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.

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Xhosa language

Xhosa, formerly spelled Xosa and also known by its local name isiXhosa, is a Nguni language, indigenous to Southern Africa and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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See also

Local museums in South Africa

Maritime museums in South Africa

Museums in South Africa

Museums in the Western Cape

Whale conservation

Whaling museums

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Harbour_Museum