Pelindaba
Pelindaba is South Africa's main nuclear research centre, run by the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation. It is situated south-east of the Hartbeespoort Dam, approximately 33 km west of Pretoria, on the farm that once belonged to Gustav Preller.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Broederstroom and Hartebeespoort.
Broederstroom
Town
Broederstroom is a village situated beside the R512 road on the Daspoortrand in the Witwatersrand, the southern foothills of the Magaliesberg in North West Province, South Africa. Broederstroom is situated 4½ km west of Pelindaba.
Hartebeespoort
Photo: Farawayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hartebeespoort is a small town nestled between the Magaliesberg Mountains and Hartebeespoort Dam in the North West Province of South Africa. It is a resort area, and boy will you know it, drawing a lot of visitors from Pretoria and elsewhere.
Kosmos
Town
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kosmos is a village in the North West Province of South Africa. It is situated on the western bank of the Hartbeespoort Dam. Kosmos is situated 10 km northwest of Pelindaba.
Pelindaba
- Type: Suburb
- Description: South Africa’s main nuclear research center
- Categories: research center and locality
- Location: Madibeng Local Municipality, Bojanala, North West Province, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-25.79873° or 25° 47′ 55″ southLongitude
27.91943° or 27° 55′ 10″ eastElevation
1,301 metres (4,268 feet)Open location code
5G696W29+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 262714565OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pelindaba”. Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.