Entrance to Valley of Desolation
Entrance to Valley of Desolation is a locality in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Entrance to Valley of Desolation is situated nearby to the locality Impangele Gate, as well as near Junction 3.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Camdeboo National Park and Nqweba Dam.
Camdeboo National Park
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Camdeboo National Park is in Karoo Heartland of South Africa. It is most famous for the Valley of Desolation, where breathtaking cliffs and columns of rock form a haven for dozens of birds species.
Nqweba Dam
Reservoir
Nqweba Dam, is an earth-fill type dam located on the Sundays River in the Camdeboo National Park, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was opened in 1925.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graaff-Reinet and Kroonvale.
Graaff-Reinet
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Graaff-Reinet is a town of 36,000 people in the Karoo Heartland. A touch of history wafts around the old houses, the small church and the busy main street of Graaff-Reinet.
Kroonvale
Suburb
Graaff-Reinet is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province and the fourth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. Kroonvale is situated 7 km southeast of Entrance to Valley of Desolation.
Adendorp
Suburb
Adendorp is a village 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, in the Sundays River Valley. Named after the former owner of the farm, N J Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858. Municipal status was attained in 1878. Adendorp is situated 9 km south of Entrance to Valley of Desolation.
Entrance to Valley of Desolation
- Type: Locality
- Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.21992° or 32° 13′ 12″ southLongitude
24.50564° or 24° 30′ 20″ eastOpen location code
4GV6QGJ4+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 2150360511OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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