Zeekoevlei
Zeekoevlei is a freshwater lake in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The lake is 258 hectares in area. Its name means hippopotamus pond or lake, from the Afrikaans words seekoei and vlei.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: freshwater lake on the Cape Flats in Cape Town
- Also known as: “Seekoevlei” and “Zeekoe Salt Vlei”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lavender Hill High School.
Lavender Hill High School
School
Lavender Hill High School is a public secondary school located in Lavender Hill in the Cape Flats district of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The school is in one of the more economically-deprived areas of the Western Cape. Lavender Hill High School is situated 2½ km west of Zeekoevlei.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Philippi Horticultural and Muizenberg.
Philippi Horticultural
Suburb
The Philippi Horticultural area is a large semi-rural area of Philippi on the Cape Flats region of the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Philippi Horticultural is situated 5 km northeast of Zeekoevlei.
Muizenberg
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY 2.5.
Muizenberg is a beach-side town in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is situated where the shore of the Cape Peninsula curves round to the east on the False Bay coast.
Lansdowne
Suburb
Lansdowne is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa. situated 10 kilometres southeast of Cape Town City Centre, surrounded by the suburbs of Rondebosch East, Crawford, Wetton, Claremont, Kenwyn and Athlone. Lansdowne is situated 7 km north of Zeekoevlei.
Zeekoevlei
- Categories: landform, lagoon, and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Zeekoevlei” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Zeekoevlei”
- Cebuano: “Zeekoevlei”
- French: “Zeekoevlei”
- Spanish: “Zeekoevlei”
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Zeekoevlei”. Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.