Conception Bay (Namibia)

This article is about the bay in Namibia. For the bay in Newfoundland, see Conception Bay.

Conception Bay (Afrikaans: Conceptionbaai, German: Empfängnisbucht)^[1] is a bay on the coast of Namibia, Africa.^[2] The bay is exposed, thus not providing a useful anchorage.

Conception Bay
Conceptionbaai (Afrikaans)
Conception Bay Location in Namibia
Coordinates	23°55′S 14°30′E
Ocean/sea sources	Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Namibia
Settlements	None

Geography

Conception Bay opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the northwest. There is a lagoon at the southern edge of its shoreline. The bay is located in a desolate area. It is part of one of the coastal stretches of Namibia where diamonds are found.^[3]

Shipwrecks

On 30 July 1926 the SS Cawdor Castle, a cargo ship under the flag of the United Kingdom, ran aground in Conception Bay.^[4][5] She broke up over the following weeks and was a complete wreck by early September.^[6]

See also

• Geography of Namibia
• Eduard Bohlen