Moghul Park

Moghul Park is a suburb in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape and has an elevation of 1,209 metres. Moghul Park is situated nearby to the suburb Mint Village, as well as near Ashburnham.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Big Hole and Kimberley railway station.

Big Hole

Photo: irene2005, CC BY 2.0.

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa. It has been considered the deepest hole excavated by hand, contending the title with Jagersfontein Mine. Big Hole is situated 2½ km southwest of Moghul Park.

Kimberley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Andre Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kimberley railway station is the central railway station of the city of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Because Kimberley is the junction of the main Cape Town–Johannesburg main line with another line from Bloemfontein, it is served by several routes of the Shosholoza Meyl inter-city service.

McGregor Museum

Museum

Photo: flowcomm, CC BY 2.0.

The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907. McGregor Museum is situated 3 km south of Moghul Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimberley and Beaconsfield.

Kimberley

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Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Amongst other things, it is famous for its Big Hole, the world's largest hand-dug excavation that was created when thousands of people searched for diamonds at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.

Beaconsfield

Suburb

Beaconsfield is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. Beaconsfield was a separate borough from Kimberley itself until its amalgamation with the latter as the City of Kimberley in 1912. Beaconsfield is situated 3½ km south of Moghul Park.

Moghul Park

Type: Suburb
Category: locality
Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-28.7215° or 28° 43′ 17″ south

Longitude

24.77521° or 24° 46′ 31″ east

Elevation

1,209 metres (3,967 feet)

Open location code

5G367QHG+93

OpenStreetMap ID

node 262721417

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

11258863

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Localities in the Area

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