page_title: Simon's Town
hierarchical_section_title: Simon's Town
caption_attribution_description: Picture of Simon's Town, South Africa. Includes Naval base facilities. Picture by Henry Trotter. The author releases it to the public domain.
context_page_description: Simon's Town, sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to the South African Navy's Naval Base. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been a naval base and harbour. The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.
context_section_description: Simon's Town (Afrikaans: Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to the South African Navy's Naval Base. It is located on the shores of False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries it has been a naval base and harbour (first for the British Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.
caption: View of Simon's Town
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