Bainskloof Pass
Bainskloof Pass is a mountain pass on the R301 regional road between Wellington and Ceres in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The 18-kilometer pass, opened in 1854, was constructed by road engineer Andrew Geddes Bain with the use of convict labour.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Vdiest, Public domain.
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 349 metres
- Description: mountain pass in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Bain’s Kloof Pass” and “Bainskloof”
Bainskloof Pass
Latitude
-33.60278° or 33° 36′ 10″ southLongitude
19.11° or 19° 6′ 36″ eastElevation
349 metres (1,145 feet)Open location code
4FRX94W6+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 7223344598OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to French—“Bainskloof Pass” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Bainskloofpas”
- Dutch: “Bainskloofpas”
- French: “col de Bainskloof”
- French: “Col de Bainskloof”
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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 “Bainskloof Pass”. Photo: Vdiest, Public domain.