Spitskop Dam
Spitskop Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Harts River in the Northern Cape Province north of the city of Kimberley in South Africa. It was established in 1975 and rebuilt in 1989 after breaching during a flood in 1988.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Spitskop Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in North of Kimberley in the Northern Cape province
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.07661° or 28° 4′ 36″ southLongitude
24.54435° or 24° 32′ 40″ eastElevation
1,044 metres (3,425 feet)Open location code
5G36WGFV+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 6891441OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
7871040Wikidata ID
Q7578309
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Persian—“Spitskop Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Spitskopdam”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Spitskop”
- Italian: “diga di Spitskop”
- Persian: “سد اسپیسکوپ”
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