Heiderand
Heiderand is a suburb in Mossel Bay, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape. Heiderand is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fignbosch Park, as well as near the suburb Mossel Bay Golf Estate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pinnacle Point and Post Office Tree.
Pinnacle Point
Cave
Pinnacle Point is a small promontory immediately south of Mossel Bay, a town on the southern coast of South Africa. Excavations since the year 2000 of a series of caves at Pinnacle Point, first recognized and documented in 1997 by South African professional archaeologists, Jonathan Kaplan and Peter Nilssen, have revealed occupation by Middle Stone Age people between 170,000 and 40,000 years ago. Pinnacle Point is situated 3 km southwest of Heiderand.
Post Office Tree
Photo: Lugerda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Post Office Tree is a famous milkwood tree in Mossel Bay, South Africa that was used by early Portuguese explorers as a post office. It is located in the grounds of the Bartholomeu Dias Museum Complex in Market Street. Post Office Tree is situated 2½ km east of Heiderand.
Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
Museum
Photo: Buonasera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex is the second biggest provincial museum affiliated to the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in South Africa. It is located at Mossel Bay. Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex is situated 3 km east of Heiderand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mossel Bay and Hartenbos.
Mossel Bay
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 170,000 people on the Garden Route of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province.
Hartenbos
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hartenbos is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located some 45 kilometres outside George, South Africa. It belongs, together with 20 other settlements, to the Mossel Bay Local Municipality. Hartenbos is situated 7 km north of Heiderand.
Heiderand
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Mossel Bay, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.18707° or 34° 11′ 14″ southLongitude
22.11316° or 22° 6′ 47″ eastElevation
157 metres (515 feet)Open location code
4GQ4R477+57OpenStreetMap ID
node 2547100542OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
8030222
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