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To demarcate where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. The International Hydrographic Organisation, in fact, which describes the western boundary of the Indian ocean as follows:From the coast of the Antarctic continent northwards, along the meridian of 20°E to Cape Agulhas (34°50'S - 20°00'E), the southern extremity of the Republic of South Africa, in Africa (the common limit with the South Atlantic Ocean).

Although there is a debate about the meeting place of these two oceans, major organisations such as the University of Cape Town, the SA Navy accepts the findings of the IHO

People going to Cape Point to see the two oceans should go wo Cape Agulhus

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