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The African South, encompassing the southern subcontinent…
The African South, encompassing the southern subcontinent of Africa, includes the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Botswana, southern Mozambique, nearly all of Namibia except its far north, and the western portion of East Antarctica.
This region also extends into the South Atlantic and Southern Ocean, incorporating Coronation Island (visible above the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula), South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the remote Tristan da Cunha and Gough Islands in the mid-South Atlantic.
The desolate Kerguelen Islands, marking the convergence of Southern Africa, Australasia, and Afroasia, form its easternmost point.
The northern boundary runs just south of the Namibia-Angola border, tracing the Caprivi Strip before reaching the Mababe Depression, northwest of the Okavango Basin.
The northeastern border follows Botswana’s boundary with Zimbabwe, then continues between South Africa’s Drakensberg Range and Kruger National Park, before finally separating Eswatini from Mozambique.
HistoryAtlas contains 554 entries for the African South from the Paleolithic period to 1899.
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The African South
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Southern Africa
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South Atlantic
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Antarctica
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Temperate Southern Africa
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Western East Antarctica
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Southern South Atlantic
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