Porcupine Buttress
Porcupine Buttress is a cliff in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Porcupine Buttress is situated nearby to West Peak, as well as near Helderberg Nature Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Helderberg Nature Reserve and Parel Vallei High School.
Helderberg Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Helderberg Nature Reserve is a 398-hectare nature reserve in Somerset West, South Africa. This nature reserve is located on the southern slopes of the Helderberg mountains.
Parel Vallei High School
School
Parel Vallei High School is a co-ed high school located in Parel Vallei, a suburb of Somerset West, which is in the Western Cape, South Africa. Pupils attending the school are from the surrounding towns, such as Somerset West and Strand, as well as areas further away, such as Grabouw. Parel Vallei High School is situated 3½ km southwest of Porcupine Buttress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parel Vallei and Somerset West.
Parel Vallei
Suburb
Parel Vallei is an affluent suburb of Somerset West in the Western Cape, South Africa. There is a high school situated in the suburb known as Parel Vallei High School. Parel Vallei is situated 4 km southwest of Porcupine Buttress.
Somerset West
Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerset West is a city in the Cape Winelands in the Western Cape region of South Africa. It is a suburb of the metropole of greater Cape Town, and is administrated by the City Council of Cape Town.
Jamestown
Village
Photo: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jamestown, also known as Webersvallei plus Mountain View, is a quiet rural settlement on the southern outskirts of Stellenbosch in the Cape Winelands District of the Western Cape province of South Africa. Jamestown is situated 7 km north of Porcupine Buttress.
Porcupine Buttress
- Type: Cliff
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.04003° or 34° 2′ 24″ southLongitude
18.87514° or 18° 52′ 31″ eastOpen location code
4FQWXV5G+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 10974044569OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliff
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