Vanderkloof Dam
The Vanderkloof Dam is situated approximately 130 km downstream from Gariep Dam and is fed by the Orange River, South Africa's largest river. Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa, having the highest dam wall in the country at 108 metres.
- Reservoir
- …has a surface elevation of around 1,170 metres (3,820 feet)
- Description: dam in Between Northern Cape and Free State
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vanderkloof.
Vanderkloof Dam
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Latitude
-30.04651° or 30° 2′ 47″ south
Longitude
24.80164° or 24° 48′ 6″ east
Open location code
4GX6XR32+9M
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Vanderkloof Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “P.K. le Roux Dam”
- Afrikaans: “Vanderkloofdam”
- Dutch: “Vanderkloofdam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد فاندركلوف”
- French: “Barrage de Vanderkloof”
- German: “Talsperre Vanderkloof”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Vanderkloof”
- Italian: “diga di Vanderkloof”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloof-dammen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloof-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanderkloofdamm”
- Norwegian: “Vanderkloof-demningen”
- Persian: “سد وندرکلوف”
- Somali: “Biyo xireenka Vanderkloof”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Vanderkloof”
- Tswana: “Letamo la vanderkloof”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Vanderkloof”
- Uzbek: “Vanderkloof toʻgʻoni”
- Yoruba: “Vanderkloof Dam”
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