Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad
Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad is a helipad in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad is situated nearby to UCT Private Academic Hospital, as well as near Heart of Cape Town Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Groote Schuur Hospital and Heart of Cape Town Museum.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 160 metres southwest of Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad.
Heart of Cape Town Museum
Museum
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The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road. Heart of Cape Town Museum is situated 250 metres southwest of Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad.
Observatory War Memorial
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Observatory War Memorial is situated 610 metres northeast of Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Salt River.
Observatory
Suburb
Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Salt River
Suburb
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Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".
Mowbray
Suburb
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.
Groote Schuur Hospital Helipad
- Type: Helipad
- Category: transportation
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.9402° or 33° 56′ 25″ southLongitude
18.46385° or 18° 27′ 50″ eastOpen location code
4FRW3F57+WGOpenStreetMap ID
way 1223149584OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=helipad
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