Vanderkloof
Vanderkloof is a town and holiday resort on the shores of the Vanderkloof Dam on the Orange River in the Northern Cape Karoo region of Northern Cape province in South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wesley olis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vanderkloof Dam.
Vanderkloof Dam
Power station
Photo: JacoRoselt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Vanderkloof Dam is situated approximately 130 km downstream from Gariep Dam and is fed by the Orange River, South Africa's largest river. Vanderkloof Dam is the second-largest dam in South Africa, having the highest dam wall in the country at 108 metres.
Vanderkloof
- Type: Village
- Description: town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Renosterberg Local Municipality, Pixley ka Seme District Municipality, Northern Cape Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.9982° or 29° 59′ 53″ southLongitude
24.7401° or 24° 44′ 25″ eastElevation
1,211 metres (3,973 feet)Open location code
5G262P2R+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 262722358OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Vanderkloof” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Vanderkloof”
- Arabic: “فاندركلوف”
- Asturian: “Vanderkloof”
- Dutch: “Vanderkloof”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فاندركلوف”
- Estonian: “Vanderkloof”
- German: “Vanderkloof”
- Pedi: “Vanderkloof”
- Persian: “وندرکلوف”
- Romanian: “Vanderkloof”
- Zulu: “IVanderkloof”
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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 “Vanderkloof”. Photo: Wesley olis, CC BY-SA 4.0.