South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town

Kommetjie

Kommetjie is on the west coast of the , south-west of 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: town
  • Also known as: “Kommetje”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Slangkop Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
is a lighthouse near the town of Kommetjie, near Cape Town, .

Kommetjie

Latitude
-34.1399° or 34° 8′ 24″ south
Longitude
18.327° or 18° 19′ 37″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA KOM
Open location code
4FQWV86G+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262720859
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3365272
Wiki­data ID
Q1003382
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Satellite Map

Discover Kommetjie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Kommetjie” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kommetjie”
  • Arabic: “كوميتي”
  • Cebuano: “Kommetjie”
  • Chinese: “科梅杰”
  • Croatian: “Kommetjie”
  • Dutch: “Kommetjie”
  • French: “Kommetjie”
  • German: “Kommetjie”
  • Italian: “Kommetjie”
  • Pedi: “Kommetjie”
  • Spanish: “Kommetjie”
  • Turkish: “Kommetjie”
  • Xhosa: “Kommetjie”
  • Zulu: “Kommetjie”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Kommetjie”. Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.