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Fresnaye

Fresnaye is one of 's most affluent suburbs, situated in the city's Atlantic Seaboard region, between and Sea Point, and a few kilometres west of Cape Town CBD.
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Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Fresnaye, Cape Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lion’s Head and Signal Hill.

Peak
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 .

Peak
Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
, or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in , next to and . The hill was also known as "The Lion's Flank", a term now obsolete. Together with Lion's Head, looks like a lion sphinx.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schotsche Kloof and Camps Bay.

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.

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
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an affluent suburb of , situated in the Atlantic Seaboard, between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west. is situated 3 km northeast of Fresnaye.

Fresnaye

Latitude
-33.92519° or 33° 55′ 31″ south
Longitude
18.38774° or 18° 23′ 16″ east
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA FFE
Open location code
4FRW39FQ+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 260296701
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3367859
Wiki­data ID
Q3087534
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Fresnaye” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Fresnaye”
  • Bulgarian: “Фреснайе”
  • Cebuano: “Fresnaye”
  • Dutch: “Fresnaye, Cape Town”
  • French: “Fresnaye”
  • Pedi: “Fresnaye”
  • Turkish: “Fresnaye”
  • Xhosa: “Fresnaye”
  • Zulu: “Fresnaye”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fresnaye Sports Club and Sephardi Hebrew Congregation of Cape Town.

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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 “Fresnaye”. Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.