Augrabies Falls
The Augrabies Falls is a waterfall on the Orange River, the largest river in South Africa. Since 1966 the waterfall, set in a desolate and rugged milieu, is enclosed by the Augrabies Falls National Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall on the Orange River in North Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Aaugrabiesvalle”, “Ankoerebis”, “Aughrabies Falls”, “Augrabies”, “Augrabies Fall”, “Augrabiesvalle”, “Aukoerebis”, “King George’s Cataract”, and “King Georges Cataract”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Augrabies Falls National Park.
Augrabies Falls National Park
Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
Augrabies Falls National Park is a national park located around the Augrabies Falls, about 120 km west of Upington in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Augrabies Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-28.59157° or 28° 35′ 30″ southLongitude
20.34065° or 20° 20′ 26″ eastElevation
595 metres (1,952 feet)Height
56 metres (184 feet)Open location code
5G32C85R+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 1309198226OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
1022035Wikidata ID
Q39544
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Augrabies Falls” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Augrabiese waterval”
- Afrikaans: “Augrabieswaterval”
- Armenian: “Աուգրաբիս”
- Basque: “Augrabies ur-jauziak”
- Belarusian: “Аўграбіс”
- Belarusian: “Вадаспад Аўграбіс”
- Catalan: “Cascades d’Augrabies”
- Cebuano: “Augrabies Falls”
- Chinese: “奥葛拉比瀑布”
- Chinese: “奥赫拉比斯瀑布”
- Chinese: “奧葛拉比瀑布”
- Czech: “Augrabies Falls”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوجرابيس فالس”
- French: “Augrabies Falls”
- French: “Chutes d’Augrabies”
- Georgian: “აუგრაბისი”
- Hungarian: “Augrabies-vízesés”
- Japanese: “オーグラビーズ滝”
- Lithuanian: “Augrabio krioklys”
- Macedonian: “Ауграбис водопади”
- Malayalam: “ഔഗ്രാബീസ് വെള്ളച്ചാട്ടം”
- Mazanderani: “آیوگرابیس ئوشار”
- Mazanderani: “ئوشار آیوگرابیس”
- Persian: “آبشار آیوگرابیس”
- Persian: “ابشار ایوگرابیس”
- Polish: “Augrabies Falls”
- Russian: “Ауграбис”
- Spanish: “Cataratas Augrabies”
- Swahili: “Maporomoko ya Augrabies”
- Swahili: “Maporomoko ya maji ya Augrabies”
- Swedish: “Augrabies Falls”
- Tajik: “Ауграбис”
- Tajik: “Обшори Ауграбис”
- Tajik: “Шаршараи Ауграбис”
- Turkish: “Augrabies Şelalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ауграбіс”
- Urdu: “آیوگرے بیز آبشار”
- Western Panjabi: “آیوگرے بیز آبشار”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Main Falls and Augrabies Falls Rest Camp.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pot Holes and Augrabies Monster.
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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 “Augrabies Falls”. Photo: Zaian, Public domain.