Clifton
Camps Bay is a suburb in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Clifton (Western Cape)” and “Clifton, Cape Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lion’s Head and Glen Beach.
Lion’s Head
Peak
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lion's Head is a mountain in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres above sea level. The peak forms part of a dramatic backdrop to the city of Cape Town and is part of the Table Mountain National Park.
Glen Beach
Beach
Photo: Wacqy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glen Beach is located north of Camps Bay Beach in Cape Town, South Africa. The two beaches are divided by a rock outcrop that extends from the land to the shore-line.
German International School Cape Town
School
The German International School Cape Town is a German international school in Cape Town, South Africa. The school has English and German streams, available for primary school, middle school, and high school.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Camps Bay and Bakoven.
Camps Bay
Photo: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camps Bay is a suburb in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. 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.
Bakoven
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakoven is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of Cape Town, South Africa. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres of mountain Nature Reserve. Bakoven is situated 3 km south of Clifton.
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town. Schotsche Kloof is situated 3½ km northeast of Clifton.
Clifton
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.93529° or 33° 56′ 7″ southLongitude
18.37907° or 18° 22′ 45″ eastElevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
4FRW397H+VJOpenStreetMap ID
node 260297854OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Clifton” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Clifton”
- Cebuano: “Clifton”
- Chinese: “克利夫頓 (開普敦)”
- Chinese: “克利夫頓”
- Dutch: “Clifton”
- French: “Clifton”
- Italian: “Clifton”
- Pedi: “Clifton”
- Turkish: “Clifton, Cape Town”
- Turkish: “Clifton”
- Xhosa: “Clifton”
- Zulu: “Clifton”
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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 Wikivoyage page “Clifton”. Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY 2.5.