Simon’s Town
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.Photo: FLASHPACKER TRAVELGUIDE, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 7,000 residents
- Description: town in South Africa
- Also known as: “‘’Simon’s Town‘’” and “Simonstown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Boulders Beach and Naval Base Simon’s Town.
Boulders Beach
Photo: Christoph Michels, CC BY 2.5.
Boulders is a popular beach near Simon's Town, Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. There are larger and more scenic beaches around, as Boulders, which gets its name from the large boulders surrounding it, is fairly small, although it is often sheltered from the prevailing winds.
Naval Base Simon’s Town
Naval base
Photo: Gbawden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naval Base Simonstown is the South African Navy's largest naval base, situated in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape. The base provides support functions to Fleet Command.
Simon’s Town
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Simon's Town railway station is a Metrorail railway station in the town of Simon's Town on the Cape Peninsula; it is the southern terminus of the Southern Line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencairn.
Glencairn
Suburb
Photo: Derek Keats, CC BY 2.0.
Glencairn is a small seaside village located on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. It is situated about 4 km north of Simonstown, on the shore of False Bay. Glencairn is situated 4 km north of Simon’s Town.
Simon’s Town
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.1932° or 34° 11′ 36″ southLongitude
18.4333° or 18° 25′ 60″ eastPopulation
7,000Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Named after
Simon van der StelUnited Nations Location Code
ZA SMNOpen location code
4FQWRC4M+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 254352976OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
3361618Wikidata ID
Q1013370
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Satellite Map
Discover Simon’s Town from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Simon’s Town” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Simonstad”
- Armenian: “Սայմոնսթաուն”
- Catalan: “Simon’s Town”
- Cebuano: “Simon’s Town”
- Chinese: “西蒙斯敦”
- Chinese: “西蒙斯鎮”
- Chinese: “西蒙镇”
- Czech: “Simon’s Town”
- Danish: “Simon’s Town”
- Dutch: “Simon’s Town”
- Dutch: “Simonstad”
- Esperanto: “Simonurbo”
- French: “Simon’s Town”
- French: “Simonstad”
- French: “Simonstown”
- Georgian: “საიმონსტაუნი”
- German: “Simon’s Town”
- German: “Simonstad”
- German: “Simonstown”
- Hebrew: “סיימונס טאון”
- Indonesian: “Simon’s Town”
- Italian: “Boulders Beach”
- Italian: “Simon’s Town”
- Japanese: “サイモンズタウン”
- Javanese: “Simon’s Town”
- Pedi: “Simon’s Town”
- Persian: “سایمونز تاون”
- Polish: “Simon’s Town”
- Polish: “Simonstad”
- Polish: “Simonstown”
- Portuguese: “Simon’s Town”
- Romanian: “Simonstad”
- Russian: “Саймонс-Таун”
- Russian: “Саймонстаун”
- Russian: “Симонстад”
- Slovak: “Simon’s Town”
- Slovenian: “Simon’s Town”
- South Azerbaijani: “سایمونز تاون”
- Spanish: “Simon’s Bay”
- Spanish: “Simon’s Town”
- Swedish: “Simon’s Town”
- Swedish: “Simonstad”
- Swedish: “Simonstown”
- Turkish: “Simon’s Town”
- Ukrainian: “Саймонстаун”
- Urdu: “سائمن ٹاؤن”
- Welsh: “Simon’s Town”
- Xhosa: “Simon’s Town”
- Zulu: “Simon’s Town”
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