Illovo Beach
Illovo Beach is a railway station in Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. Illovo Beach is situated nearby to the suburb Karridene, as well as near Illovo River.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Illovo River.
Illovo River
River
The iLovu River, alternatively rendered the Illovo River is a river in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. It rises in the upper Illovo area in the Richmond vicinity near the Drakensberg, and empties into the Indian Ocean near Winklespruit, on the South Coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Illovo and Karridene.
Illovo
Suburb
Illovo Beach is a small coastal resort on the banks of the Lovu River in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is now part of eThekwini. The river was named by the Zulus "iLovu" because of the mlovu trees growing on its banks.
Karridene
Suburb
Karridene is a small resort in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is now part of eThekwini. Seaside resort at the mouth of the Umzimbaza River, 37 km south-west of Durban, between Illovo Beach and Umkomaas.
Winklespruit
Suburb
Winklespruit is a small seaside resort on the South Coast of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and now forms part of the coastal town of Kingsburgh and the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the Greater Durban metropolitan area. Winklespruit is situated 2½ km north of Illovo Beach.
Illovo Beach
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Ilovo Beach” and “Ilovo Beach Railway Station”
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-30.1181° or 30° 7′ 5″ southLongitude
30.85025° or 30° 51′ 1″ eastElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Network
Metrorail KwaZulu-NatalOpen location code
4GXGVVJ2+Q3OpenStreetMap ID
node 9149572096OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationGeoNames ID
994926Wikidata ID
Q124416218
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Illovo Beach” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Illovo Beach”
- French: “gare de Illovo Beach”
- French: “Illovo Beach”
- Turkish: “Illovo Beach”
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