Princess Vlei
Princess Vlei is a lagoon in Western Cape, South Africa. Princess Vlei is situated nearby to the suburb Retreat, as well as near Elfindale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Body of water
- Description: wetland and small lake in South Africa
- Also known as: “Lang Vlei” and “Langevlei”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Heathfield railway station and Retreat railway station.
Retreat railway station
Railway station
Retreat railway station is a Metrorail station in Retreat, a suburb of Cape Town. It is a stop on the Southern Line and serves as the terminus of the Cape Flats Line.
Meadowridge Library
Library
Photo: Bl1zz4rd-editor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Meadowridge Library is a public library in the suburb of Meadowridge, in Cape Town, South Africa. It has 8,112 members, and was ranked 14th in the City of Cape Town's top 20 circulating libraries in 2014, out of the city's 101 libraries. Meadowridge Library is situated 3 km west of Princess Vlei.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kenwyn and Lansdowne.
Kenwyn
Neighborhood
Kenwyn is a residential suburb in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It lies south of the N2 and alongside the M5 freeway. The surrounding suburbs include Wetton, Rondebosch East and Kenilworth. Kenwyn is situated 6 km north of Princess Vlei.
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 6 km north of Princess Vlei.
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.
Princess Vlei
- Categories: lagoon and wetland
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.04824° or 34° 2′ 54″ southLongitude
18.48296° or 18° 28′ 59″ eastElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
4FQWXF2M+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 27670405OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Cebuano—“Princess Vlei” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Prinsesvlei”
- Cebuano: “Princess Vlei”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Retreat and Elfindale.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include New Apostolic Church and Perth Road Park.
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