Alexandra Dam
Alexandra Dam is a reservoir in Western Cape, South Africa. Alexandra Dam is situated nearby to the locality Hell’s Gates, as well as near the suburb Klaassenbosch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in South Africa
- Also known as: “Alexandra Reservoir”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Table Mountain National Park and Woodhead Dam.
Table Mountain National Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
Woodhead Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.
Waterworks Museum
Museum
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Waterworks Museum is located on the northern side of Table Mountain, between the Woodhead and Hely-Hutchinson Reservoirs, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakoven and Newlands.
Bakoven
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakoven is a small residential suburb on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, in the southwest of Camps Bay. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall.
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.
Alexandra Dam
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.98732° or 33° 59′ 14″ southLongitude
18.41011° or 18° 24′ 36″ eastElevation
714 metres (2,343 feet)Open location code
4FRW2C76+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 25906123OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
3370505Wikidata ID
Q115012187
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hell’s Gates and Klaassenbosch.
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