Cannon Rocks

Cannon Rocks is a small seaside town on the Indian Ocean in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, between the Boknes Village and the boundary of the Greater Addo Elephant Park. It is situated 135km to the east of Port Elizabeth and 180km west of East London approximately 15 minutes from the town of Kenton-on-Sea. Port Alfred is approximately 30km to the East of Cannon Rocks. [ [http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsec/cannon-rocks.htm See SA Venues] ]

The town is named after two cannons of historical importance and is close to the Diaz cross, erected five centuries ago by Bartholomew Diaz, the first Portuguese ocean explorer to sail along the eastern coast of South Africa. [ [http://www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/the-history-of-south-africa.html Footprints on our land] website.]

Cannon Rocks is a major marker for weather forecasts for the coastal belt. It divides two coastal sections: Plettenberg Bay to Cannon Rocks; and Cannon Rocks to Kei River Mouth. [ [http://www.weathersa.co.za/ Weather bureau, South Africa] ] .

Geology

There are outcrops in the sea close to Cannon Rocks of a coastal marine formation, the Salnova Formation. This formation occurs about 20 metres below sea level and comprises calcrete with quartzitic sandstone boulders and shell material. [ [http://www.sanparks.org/parks/addo/conservation/ff/geology.php SA National Parks website.] ]

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