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Date: n.d. Type: Memorial Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°41'16.09" S 26°39'30.24" E Alt: 17m

A large steel anchor is mounted vertically within a circular paved precinct, partly surrounded by a broad low face-brick wall. A short portion of the circular wall behind the cross is raised. A square mosaic panel set within the face-brick paving foregrounds the cross and defines a symbolic compass recording the four cardinal points - in Afrikaans. The anchor was recovered from the wreck of the Volo, a 500 ton Norwegian barque, which was stranded near Bushman's River Mouth in 1896.