Groot Paardevlei

Groot Paardevlei is a lake in Western Cape, South Africa. Groot Paardevlei is situated nearby to the suburb Parel Vallei, as well as near Heidelberg.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Paardevlei and Somerset Mall.

Paardevlei

Lake

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Paardevlei is a lake.

Somerset Mall

Commercial area

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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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strand and Somerset West.

Strand

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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

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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. Parel Vallei is situated 3½ km northeast of Groot Paardevlei.

Groot Paardevlei

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-34.08333° or 34° 5′ south

Longitude

18.81667° or 18° 49′ east

Elevation

14 metres (46 feet)

Open location code

4FQWWR88+MM

GeoNames ID

3367233

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