Witwatersrand
The Witwatersrand is a 56-kilometre-long, north-facing scarp in South Africa. It consists of a hard, erosion-resistant quartzite metamorphic rock, over which several north-flowing rivers form waterfalls, which account for the name Witwatersrand, meaning 'white water ridge' in Afrikaans.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Chris Eason, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Region
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “The Gold Reef”, “The Rand”, and “The Rand-region”
Places of Interest
Highlights include FNB Stadium and Apartheid Museum.
FNB Stadium
Stadium
First National Bank Stadium or simply FNB Stadium, also known as Soccer City and the Calabash, is an association football and rugby union stadium located in Nasrec, bordering the Soweto area of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Apartheid Museum
Museum
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Apartheid Museum is a museum illustrating apartheid and the 20th-century history of South Africa. The museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, was opened in November 2001.
Gold Reef City
Photo: Nolween, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gold Reef City is an amusement park in Johannesburg, South Africa. Located on an old gold mine which closed in 1971, the park is themed around the gold rush that started in 1886 on the Witwatersrand, and the buildings in the park are designed to mimic this period.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robertsham and Winchester Hills.
Robertsham
Suburb
Robertsham is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated in the city's southern suburbs just south of the CBD. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Winchester Hills
Suburb
Winchester Hills is an area in Johannesburg, South Africa. Houses for sale in the region often sell for more than R 750,000. Winchester Hills is situated 2½ km southeast of Witwatersrand.
Booysens
Suburb
Booysens is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, located around 3.2 km southwest of city hall. Booysens is bordered on the southwest by Robertsham, on the northwest by Framton, on the north by Ophirton, on the east by the Robinson Deep mine, and on the south from east to west by Turffontein, West Turffontein, and Southdale. Booysens is situated 3½ km northeast of Witwatersrand.
Witwatersrand
- Category: mountain range
- Location: Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Witwatersrand” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Witwatersrand”
- Arabic: “ويتووترسراند”
- Basque: “Witwatersrand”
- Belarusian: “Вітватэрсранд”
- Catalan: “Witwatersrand”
- Cebuano: “Witwatersrand”
- Chinese: “威特沃特斯兰德”
- Czech: “Witwatersrand”
- Dutch: “Witwatersrand”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ويتواترسراند”
- Esperanto: “Witwatersrand”
- Finnish: “Witwatersrand”
- French: “Witwatersrand”
- Georgian: “ვიტვატერსრანდი”
- German: “Witwatersrand”
- Greek: “Βιτβάτερσραντ”
- Hebrew: “ויטוואטרסרנד”
- Italian: “Witwatersrand”
- Japanese: “ウィットウォーターズランド”
- Kazakh: “Витватерсранд”
- Kirghiz: “Витватерсранд”
- Korean: “비트바테르스란트”
- Ladin: “Witwatersrand”
- Lithuanian: “Vitvatersrandas”
- Malay: “Witwatersrand”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Witwatersrand”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Witwatersrand”
- Norwegian: “Witwatersrand”
- Persian: “ویت واترسرند”
- Polish: “Gold Reef”
- Polish: “Rand-region”
- Polish: “Rand”
- Polish: “Reef”
- Polish: “Witwatersrand”
- Portuguese: “Witwatersrand”
- Russian: “Витватерсранд”
- Russian: “Витватерсрэнд”
- Spanish: “Witwatersrand”
- Swedish: “Witwatersrand”
- Ukrainian: “Вітватерсранд”
- Urdu: “ویٹ واٹرزرینڈ”
- Venetian: “Witwatersrand”
- Vietnamese: “Witwatersrand”
- Xhosa: “Witwatersrand”
- “Witwatersrand”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Crown Mines and Crown.
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