Cape Maclear, named after the royal astronomer Sir Thomas Maclear, is a small bluff at the southern most point of the Cape Peninsula. It is likely that Bartholomew Diaz erected his Padrão de São Filipe marker here on 6 June 1488. Also, Stone Age tools have been discovered 90 metres above sea level at Cape Maclear.

References

• Potgieter, D.J. (ed)(1972). Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa Vol. 7, Cape Town: Nasou, p. 96.

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