South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town

Green Point Lighthouse

The Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town is an operational lighthouse on the coast. First lit on 12 April 1824, it is located on Mouille Point.
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  • Type: Lighthouse
  • Description: lighthouse in Cape Town, South Africa
  • Also known as: “Green Point Lighthouse, Cape Town” and “Groenpuntvuurtoring”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape Town Stadium and Green Point Common.

Stadium
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an association football and rugby union in , , that was built as part of the country's hosting of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. is situated 1 km east of Green Point Lighthouse.

Park
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is a park in , in , where numerous playing fields and a golf course are situated. The Green Point Urban Park & Biodiversity Garden is just behind and has an entrance on Bay Road. is situated 430 metres southeast of Green Point Lighthouse.

Stadium
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
The in , was a multi-purpose sports stadium. Opened in 1897, it had a concrete banked cycle track, also occasionally used for motorsport, with a lap distance of a third of a mile - 586.6 yards - and inside the cycle track was an athletics track. is situated 1 km southeast of Green Point Lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mouille Point and V&A Waterfront.

Suburb
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an affluent suburb of , situated in the Atlantic Seaboard, between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west.

Suburb
Photo: Damien du Toit, CC BY 2.0.
The V&A Waterfront, often referred to as The Waterfront and The V&A, is a mixed-use suburb in , , featuring upmarket residential apartments, a major , a marina, and multiple large hotels.

Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of , formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.

Green Point Lighthouse

Latitude
-33.90142° or 33° 54′ 5″ south
Longitude
18.39992° or 18° 23′ 60″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Inception
April 12th, 1824
Open location code
4FRW39XX+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134572381
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­lighthouse
Geo­Names ID
11807088
Wiki­data ID
Q3642248
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Green Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groenpunt-vuurtoring”
  • Afrikaans: “Groenpuntvuurtoring”
  • Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Groenpunt”
  • French: “phare Green Point”
  • French: “Phare Green Point”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Groenpunt fyr”
  • Norwegian: “Groenpunt fyr”
  • Spanish: “Faro de Green Point”
  • Swedish: “Green Point 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 “Green Point Lighthouse”. Photo: lollie-pop, CC BY 2.0.