Hotagterklip is a small hamlet on the South Africa

South Africa

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n coast, close to the village of Struisbaai

Struisbaai

Struisbaai is a coastal settlement in the Overberg region of South Africa's Western Cape province. The town is two hours South from Cape Town in the Cape Agulhas Local Municipality within the Overberg District, and four kilometers from the southernmost point of the African continent at Cape...

 in the Western Cape

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‘Hotagterklip’ is the Afrikaans

Afrikaans

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 for 'left rear stone'. The unusual name of this little place comes from the days of the first ox wagon trek, when a stone outcrop imposed a sharp detour on travelers.

The fishermen's cottages in Hotagterklip have been declared national monuments. They are featured in the paintings of a number of South African artists. Many of the old cottages fell into ruin, until original cottages were restored in the 1990s.http://www.viewoverberg.com/Struisbaai.asp