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Dassen Island is a nature reserve in the Western Cape in South Africa, 55km north of Cape Town.

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From Cape Town follow the N7 northwards and exit towards Yzerfontein. The reserve is only 10km from the town.

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The island is about 4.5km long & 2km wide. The island is flat and low-lying.

Except for the eastern side, Dassen Island is fringed with reefs & many ships have run aground here. It is composed of a fine-grained tourmaline-granite (with a few areas of biotite granite) outcrop covered with sand. Some of the granites along the shore, to just above the high-water mark, consists of large, rounded boulders - which sticks out above the sand.

Though in the winter temporary pans forms in the interior, there is generally little fresh water on the island.

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