Houtbaainek

Houtbaainek is a mountain saddle in Western Cape, South Africa and has an elevation of 154 metres. Houtbaainek is situated nearby to the locality Houtbaai Corner, as well as near the hamlet Ruyteplaats Private Mountain Estate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park and MV Antipolis.

World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park

Zoo

World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park is an avian, reptilian and wildlife sanctuary in Hout Bay, a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa. As suggested by its name, the focus is primarily on birds and monkeys.

MV Antipolis

Disaster remains

Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The dive site Antipolis is a recent wreck on a shoreline to inshore rocky reef in the central Oudekraal area on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Lichtenstein Castle

Lichtenstein Castle is a mock castle in Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, built on the Karbonkelberg and modelled after Lichtenstein Castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llandudno and Hout Bay.

Llandudno

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Llandudno is a residential suburb of Cape Town on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Western Cape. There are no shops or commercial activities, but the town has some of the most expensive residential property in South Africa.

Hout Bay

Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hout Bay appears to be a little harbour village but is actually a suburb of the South African metropole Cape Town.

Bakoven

Suburb

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bakoven is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of Cape Town, South Africa. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres of mountain Nature Reserve.

Houtbaainek

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 154 metres
Category: landform
Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-34.0109° or 34° 0′ 39″ south

Longitude

18.3495° or 18° 20′ 58″ east

Elevation

154 metres (505 feet)

Open location code

4FQWX8QX+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6314101863

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

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Satellite Map

Discover Houtbaainek from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Houtbaai Corner and Ruyteplaats Private Mountain Estate.

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