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Algoa Bay, large inlet of the Indian Ocean, southern South Africa. The bay is of considerable commercial importance. On the western side is Port Elizabeth, one of the principal seaports of South Africa. In the early 16th century Portuguese navigators stopped at the bay on the way to Goa, in India. In 1820 it was the landing place of early British emigrants to South Africa.

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