Slangkop Lighthouse
Slangkop Lighthouse is a lighthouse near the town of Kommetjie, near Cape Town, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in South Africa
- Also known as: “Slangkop-vuurtoring”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kommetjie and Masiphumelele.
Kommetjie
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kommetjie is on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, south-west of Noordhoek and north of Scarborough. The area is a popular spot for surfing, since powerful waves from the Atlantic Ocean rise up over rocky reefs formed by hard sandstones of the Table Mountain Group.
Masiphumelele
Village
Photo: Beyond Access, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Masiphumelele is a township on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, Capri Village and Noordhoek. Initially known as Site 5, the township was renamed Masiphumelele by its residents, which is a Xhosa word meaning "let us succeed". Masiphumelele is situated 6 km east of Slangkop Lighthouse.
Noordhoek
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Noordhoek is a seaside town between Kommetjie and Chapmans Peak on the Cape Peninsula. Its shoreline and its long, wide, sandy beach stretch south to the neighbouring village of Kommetjie.
Slangkop Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.14865° or 34° 8′ 55″ southLongitude
18.31927° or 18° 19′ 9″ eastElevation
5 metres (16 feet)Inception
1914Open location code
4FQWV829+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 316244163OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11808351Wikidata ID
Q7538646
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Norwegian Bokmål—“Slangkop Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Slangkop-vuurtoring”
- Afrikaans: “Slangkopvuurtoring”
- French: “phare Slangkop”
- French: “Phare Slangkop”
- German: “Leuchtturm Slangkop”
- Italian: “Faro di Slangkop”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Slangkop fyr”
- Norwegian: “Slangkop 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 “Slangkop Lighthouse”. Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.