Mazeppa Bay

Mazeppa Bay is a town in Amathole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

Mazeppa Bay
Mazeppa Bay
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Coordinates: 32.478°S 28.651°E / -32.478; 28.651
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Amathole
Municipality	Mnquma
Area [1]
• Total	1.03 km^2 (0.40 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	111
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	57.7%
• Coloured	1.8%
• White	36.0%
• Other	4.5%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Xhosa	56.0%
• English	28.0%
• Afrikaans	14.0%
• Tswana	2.0%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	4960

Holiday resort on the Wild Coast, 175 km north-east of East London. The name Mazeppa comes from Ukrainian Hetman (leader) Ivan Mazeppa (1639 - 1709) whose figure has a distinct presence in literature and graphic art especially in the period of Romanticism. With the publication of Byron’s poem Mazeppa in May 1819 it became common to name boats Mazeppa as a symbol of speed [[2]].

The schooner Mazeppa which took the surviving Voortrekkers of Louis Trichardt's party from Delagoa Bay to Port Natal in 1839.[3]

Mazeppa Bay is known for its fishing and was featured in episode three of the first season of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.[4]

References

1. "Main Place Mazeppa Bay". Census 2011.
2. Voss, Tony (2012). "Mazeppa-Maseppa: Migration of a Romantic motif". Tydskrif vir Letterkunde. 49 (2): 110–135. doi:10.4314/tvl.v49i2.9. ISSN 2309-9070.
3. "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 303.
4. "Season 1, Episode 3". Extreme Fishing with Robson Green Episode Guide. tvguide.co.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2012.