Paardevlei
Paardevlei is a lake in Western Cape, South Africa. Paardevlei is situated nearby to the neighborhood Lourensia Park, as well as near Mount Du Roche.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: waterbody near Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Paardevlei Lake”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary and Somerset Mall.
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary is a 10 hectares reserve in Strand, South Africa. This isolated bird sanctuary is located near the estuary of the Lourens River.
Somerset Mall
Commercial area
Photo: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerset Mall is a 69,000 m2 shopping mall in Somerset West, Cape Town. It is a major shopping destination within the Helderberg area. The mall is located in a mid-to-upper-income catchment area, and attracts around 10 million local and international visitors per year.
Hottentots Holland High School
School
Hottentots-Holland High School is an Afrikaans- and English-speaking school in the Western Cape in South Africa, situated between the towns of Somerset West and Strand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strand and Somerset West.
Strand
Photo: Casperinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strand is a far western suburb of Cape Town on the north coast of False Bay, just south of Somerset West and just west of Gordon's Bay.
Somerset West
Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerset West is a city in the Cape Winelands in the Western Cape region of South Africa. It is a suburb of the metropole of greater Cape Town, and is administrated by the City Council of Cape Town.
Parel Vallei
Suburb
Parel Vallei is an affluent suburb of Somerset West in the Western Cape, South Africa. There is a high school situated in the suburb known as Parel Vallei High School.
Paardevlei
- Categories: lagoon, wetland, and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.08651° or 34° 5′ 11″ southLongitude
18.81349° or 18° 48′ 49″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
4FQWWR77+99OpenStreetMap ID
way 1105909453OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
3363097Wikidata ID
Q31982267
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Cebuano—“Paardevlei” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Paardevlei”
- Cebuano: “Paardevlei”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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