Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
The Cape Agulhas Lighthouse is at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa. At 171 years old, it is the third-built lighthouse in South Africa, and the second-oldest still operating, after Green Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse at the southern tip of Africa in Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Kaap Agulhasvuurtoring”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Agulhas and Hotagterklip.
Cape Agulhas
Locality
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Cape Agulhas is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is the geographic southern tip of Africa and the beginning of the traditional dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans according to the International Hydrographic Organization.
Hotagterklip
Hamlet
Hotagterklip is a small hamlet on the South African coast, close to the village of Struisbaai in the Western Cape. ‘Hotagterklip’ is the Afrikaans not'left rear stone'. Hotagterklip is situated 5 km northeast of Cape Agulhas Lighthouse.
Suiderstrand
Village
Suiderstrand is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Suiderstrand is surrounded by the Agulhas National Park, home to vast diversity of mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and world-famous endemic fynbos. Suiderstrand is situated 5 km west of Cape Agulhas Lighthouse.
Cape Agulhas Lighthouse
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.8294° or 34° 49′ 46″ southLongitude
20.00901° or 20° 0′ 32″ eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Inception
March 1st, 1849Operator
TransnetOpen location code
4GQ252C5+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 782623927OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11612622Wikidata ID
Q3642596
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Cape Agulhas Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Agulhas-vuurtoring”
- Afrikaans: “Kaap Agulhasvuurtoring”
- Bulgarian: “Фар на Иглен нос”
- Dutch: “Kaap agulhas vuurtoren”
- Dutch: “Kaap Agulhasvuurtoren”
- Dutch: “Kaap l’agulhas vuurtoren”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van agulhas”
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van kaap agulhas”
- French: “phare du cap des Aiguilles”
- French: “Phare du cap des Aiguilles”
- Romanian: “Farul de la Capul Agulhas”
- Spanish: “Faro de Cabo de las Agujas”
- Swedish: “Kap Agulhas fyr”
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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 “Cape Agulhas Lighthouse”. Photo: Dewet, CC BY-SA 2.0.