Skipskop is a town in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Skipskop
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Coordinates: 34.529°S 20.423°E / -34.529; 20.423
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Overberg
Municipality	Cape Agulhas
Area [1]
• Total	0.96 km2 (0.37 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	55
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2001) [1]
• Coloured	38.2%
• White	61.8%
First languages (2001) [1]
• Afrikaans	83.6%
• English	16.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)

Village west of Arniston (Waenhuiskrans). Afrikaans for ‘ships’ cliff’, it was so named after the number of ships wrecked there.[2]

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