Eye of Kuruman
The Eye of Kuruman is a spring in the town of Kuruman in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa. Currently, it is known as the largest natural spring in the Southern Hemisphere; although the Te Waikoropupū Springs in Golden Bay, New Zealand has been reliably measured at an average flow some 60 times greater.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leviel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Johan Pienaar Airport.
Johan Pienaar Airport
Aerodrome
Johan Pienaar Airport is an airport serving Kuruman, a town in Northern Cape province, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuruman and Mothibistad.
Kuruman
Photo: South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0.
Kuruman is a city of 13,000 people in the Kalahari district of South Africa. It is known for its scenic beauty and the Eye of Kuruman, a geological feature that brings water from deep underground.
Mothibistad
Town
Mothibistad is a town situated 9 kilometres northeast of Kuruman in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Before 1994 it was in the Bophuthatswana bantustan, and from 1994 until a border change in 2006 it was in North West province. Mothibistad is situated 9 km northeast of Eye of Kuruman.
Eye of Kuruman
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Northern Cape, South Africa
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.46325° or 27° 27′ 48″ southLongitude
23.43648° or 23° 26′ 11″ eastElevation
1,330 metres (4,364 feet)Open location code
5G45GCPP+MHOpenStreetMap ID
way 116270282OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
1010290Wikidata ID
Q1385712
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Russian—“Eye of Kuruman” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Die Oog”
- Afrikaans: “Kuruman se Oog”
- Cebuano: “Die Oog”
- Chinese: “庫魯曼之眼”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اى اوف كورومان”
- French: “Eye of Kuruman”
- French: “Œil de Kuruman”
- German: “Eye of Kuruman”
- Russian: “Глаз Курумана”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bankhara Bodulong and Seoding.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eye of Kuruman and Kuruman Tourist Information.
Northern Cape: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Eye of Kuruman”. Photo: Leviel, CC BY-SA 3.0.