Angra-Pequena

Angra-Pequena, a bay in the southern part of the coast of Namaqualand (q.v.) in South Africa—mainly a sandy, waterless region, but rich apparently in metals, and enjoying a healthy climate. It was the nucleus of what has grown to be the large area of German South-west Africa (see AFRICA, pp. 86, 87), of which it is still the most important place and the only port. In 1883 it was ceded by a Namaqua chieftain to Lüderitz, a Bremen merchant; and next year it was taken under German protection, with all the coast to the north as far as Cape Frio, except Walvisch Bay, which belongs to England.