Conception Bay | |
Pushpin Map: | Namibia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Namibia |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coords: | -23.9167°N 44°W |
Oceans: | Atlantic Ocean |
Countries: | Namibia |
Cities: | None |
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 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]
On 30 July 1926 the, 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]