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Lion’s Head

Lion's Head is a mountain in , South Africa, between and . Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres above sea level. The peak forms part of a dramatic backdrop to the city of and is part of the .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 669 metres
  • Description: mountain in South Africa
  • Also known as: “Lions Head”

Places of Interest

Highlights include German International School Cape Town and Glen Beach.

School
The is a German international school in , . The school has English and German streams, available for primary school, middle school, and high school.

Beach
Photo: Wacqy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is located north of Camps Bay Beach in , . The two beaches are divided by a rock outcrop that extends from the land to the shore-line.

School
Hoërskool Jan van Riebieck is a co-educational high school situated in in in the province of . With Afrikaans as its medium of instruction, it was founded by Mr J.J. Jordaan in 1926.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camps Bay and Schotsche Kloof.

Photo: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb in on the of . Founded as Kamps Baai it was once considered to become Cape Town's harbour. It has become a tourism hot spot because it offers a great combination of restaurants, bars, amenities, accommodation and a fantastic beach, all very close to each other.

Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of , formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.

Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of , . It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres of mountain Nature Reserve.

Lion’s Head

Latitude
-33.93504° or 33° 56′ 6″ south
Longitude
18.38914° or 18° 23′ 21″ east
Elevation
669 metres (2,195 feet)
Open location code
4FRW397Q+XM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48944401
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3364636
Wiki­data ID
Q1718867
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lion’s Head” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leeukop”
  • Asturian: “Lion’s Head”
  • Cebuano: “Leeukop (bukid sa Habagatang Aprika, Province of the Western Cape, City of Cape Town)”
  • Cebuano: “Leeukop”
  • Dutch: “Leeukop”
  • Dutch: “Leeuwenkop”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ليونس هياد”
  • French: “Lion’s Head”
  • German: “Lion’s Head”
  • German: “Löwenkopf”
  • Italian: “Testa di Leone”
  • Korean: “라이언스 헤드”
  • Ladin: “Lion’s Head”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lion’s Head”
  • Norwegian: “Lion’s Head”
  • Polish: “Lion’s Head”
  • Russian: “Лайонс-Хед”
  • Russian: “Львиная Голова”
  • Spanish: “Cabeza de Leon”
  • Spanish: “Cabeza de León”
  • Swedish: “Lion’s Head”
  • Turkish: “Lion’s Head”
  • Venetian: “Testa de Leone”
  • Xhosa: “INtloko yeNgonyama”
  • Zulu: “Ikhanda leNgonyama”

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Localities in the Area

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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 “Lion’s Head”. Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.