Chalumna River

Chalumna River: The Chalumna River is a river in South Africa which empties into the Indian Ocean and is located about 45 km south west of the Buffalo River at East London. Kayser's Beach is situated close by.

It was near the mouth of this river in 1938 that Captain Hendrik Goosen trawled a catch of fish, one of which Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer preserved. This fish was later identified as a coelacanth, a kind which was previously thought to be long extinct and was at that point in time only known from the fossil record.

Coordinates: 33°14′S 27°35′E / 33.233°S 27.583°E / -33.233; 27.583

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Rivers of South Africa
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