Grootmis

Place in Northern Cape, South Africa
29°39′00″S 17°04′52″E / 29.650°S 17.081°E / -29.650; 17.081CountrySouth AfricaProvinceNorthern CapeDistrictNamakwaMunicipalityNama KhoiTime zoneUTC+2 (SAST)

Grootmis is a settlement near the mouth of the Buffels River in South Africa. The name is Afrikaans, meaning "large mist", and it is named this because the fog hangs over the coastline for days at a time.[1]

References

  1. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 192. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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