Cape Peninsula
The Cape Peninsula is in Western Cape of South Africa, encompassing the Cape Town metro area, Cape Point and the False Bay area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Cape Town and Robben Island.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa. The capital of Western Cape Province, it is also the legislative capital of the nation. Cape Town is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.
Robben Island
Photo: Rq88187, Public domain.
Robben Island is in the Western Cape of South Africa, approximately 7 km off the coast and 12 km from Cape Town harbour. This island is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Simon’s Town
Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Simon's Town is located at the east side of the Cape Peninsula near Cape Town, South Africa and is home to the South African Navy.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as False Bay and Atlantic Seaboard.
False Bay
Photo: Pbsouthwood, Public domain.
False Bay is located on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. The water in the bay is much warmer than the Atlantic Seaboard, partly being fed by the subtropical Agulhas current, making it popular for swimming.
Atlantic Seaboard
The Atlantic Seaboard is the western region of the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.
Blaauwberg Coast
The Blaauwberg Coast is the northern coastline of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa.
Table Mountain National Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
Cape Peninsula
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in the Western Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Cape of Good Hope Peninsula”
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Cape Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Cape Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kaapse Skiereiland”
- Azerbaijani: “Kap yarımadası”
- Belarusian: “Капскі паўвостраў”
- Bulgarian: “Капски полуостров”
- Catalan: “Península del Cap”
- Cebuano: “Cape Peninsula”
- Chinese: “開普半島”
- Danish: “Kaphalvøen”
- Dutch: “Kaapse Schiereiland”
- Esperanto: “Kaba Duoninsulo”
- Finnish: “Kapin niemimaa”
- French: “péninsule du Cap”
- French: “Péninsule du Cap”
- Georgian: “კაპის ნახევარკუნძული”
- German: “Kap-Halbinsel”
- Hebrew: “חצי האי קייפ”
- Indonesian: “Semenanjung Cape”
- Italian: “Penisola del Capo”
- Japanese: “ケープ半島”
- Korean: “케이프반도”
- Macedonian: “Капски Полуостров”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cape-halvøya”
- Norwegian: “Cape-halvøya”
- Persian: “استان کیپ غربی”
- Polish: “Półwysep Przylądkowy”
- Portuguese: “Península do Cabo”
- Romanian: “Peninsula Cape”
- Russian: “Капский полуостров”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cape”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Poluotok Kejp”
- Slovenian: “polotok Cape”
- Spanish: “Peninsula del Cabo”
- Spanish: “Península del Cabo”
- Swedish: “Kaphalvön”
- Tamil: “கேப் மூவலந்தீவு”
- Ukrainian: “Капський півострів”
Western Cape: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Stellenbosch, George, Paarl, and Mossel Bay.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cape Peninsula”. Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.