Buffalo River
The Buffalo River is situated in the city of East London on the East Coast of South Africa. It is to the west of the Nahoon River. It is the only navigable river in South Africa. The town of East London was thus established around it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: River
- Description: river in South Africa
- Also known as: “Buffelsrivier” and “Cwenqgcwe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Potters Pass Nature Reserve and East London Lighthouse.
Potters Pass Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
The Potters Pass Nature Reserve is a coastal reserve in the Wild Coast region of the Eastern Cape. The reserve lies beside the Hood Point Lighthouse and the West Bank Golf Course.
East London Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hood Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in East London, South Africa. It began operating on 4 June 1895. It is 19 m high and centres on a white, round stone tower.
West Bank High School
School
West Bank High School is a co-educational facility located in East London, South Africa. The school has a Preparatory school, a Primary School and a High School.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East London and Quigney.
East London
Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East London is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port.
Quigney
Suburb
Quigney is a suburb of East London in South Africa. It got its name from the "Gwygney River" according to the earliest maps of East London from September 1847 by William Jervois. The municipality started to sell plots "east of the Quigney River" after 1883.
Buffalo River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.02659° or 33° 1′ 36″ southLongitude
27.8868° or 27° 53′ 13″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
4GR9XVFP+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 79868202OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
1015241Wikidata ID
Q1002068
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Xhosa—“Buffalo River” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Buffelsrivier (Oos-Kaap)”
- Afrikaans: “Buffelsrivier”
- Afrikaans: “Cwenqgcwe”
- Asturian: “Ríu Buffalo”
- Cebuano: “Buffalo River”
- Chinese: “布法羅河”
- Esperanto: “Bubalrivero”
- German: “Buffalo River (Ostkap)”
- German: “Buffalo River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Buffalo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buffalo”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buffalo (Eastern Cape)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Buffalo”
- Welsh: “Afon Buffalo”
- Xhosa: “Qonce”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Parkside and Pefferville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Port Rex Power Station and Graving Dock.
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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 “Buffalo River”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.