Glencairn
Glencairn is a small seaside village located on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. It is situated about 4 km north of Simonstown, on the shore of False Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Derek Keats, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Glencairn, Cape Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fish Hoek and Roman Rock Lighthouse.
Fish Hoek
Railway station
Photo: Lantus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fish Hoek railway station is a railway station in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa. The station opened on 1 December 1890 as the first station on the extension from Kalk Bay to Simon's Town, the present-day terminus. Fish Hoek is situated 2½ km north of Glencairn.
Roman Rock Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Chris Hills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Roman Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse in False Bay, near Simon's Town. It is the only lighthouse in South Africa built on a single rock. The light was first exhibited on 16 September 1861. Roman Rock Lighthouse is situated 4 km southeast of Glencairn.
Simon’s Town
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Simon's Town railway station is a Metrorail railway station in the town of Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula; it is the southern terminus of the Southern Line. Simon’s Town is situated 3 km south of Glencairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Da Gama Park and Fish Hoek.
Da Gama Park
Suburb
Da Gama Park is a suburb of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Da Gama Park was founded as a township in the former Simon's Town district, north-west of the town.
Fish Hoek
Photo: nairnbairn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fish Hoek is a picturesque town situated about halfway down the Cape Peninsula, between Cape Town and Simon's Town. It is well known for its beach, which gets jam-packed on sunny days.
Simon’s Town
Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Simon's Town is located at the east side of the Cape Peninsula near Cape Town, South Africa and is home to the South African Navy.
Glencairn
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.15954° or 34° 9′ 34″ southLongitude
18.4285° or 18° 25′ 43″ eastElevation
39 metres (128 feet)Open location code
4FQWRCRH+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 58549513OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Glencairn” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Glencairn”
- Dutch: “Glencairn, Cape Town”
- Pedi: “Glencairn”
- Turkish: “Glencairn”
- Xhosa: “Glencairn”
- Zulu: “Glencairn”
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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 “Glencairn”. Photo: Derek Keats, CC BY 2.0.