Otter Pond

Otter Pond is a pond in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Otter Pond is situated near the park Sundial, as well as near Vygies.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Table Mountain National Park and Newlands Forest.

Table Mountain National Park

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.

Newlands Forest

Forest

Newlands Forest is a conservancy area on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain, beside the suburb of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. It is owned and maintained by the Table Mountain National Parks Board, along with the City Parks Department of Cape Town, and includes a Fire Station, Nursery and Reservoir.

Fernwood Peak

Peak

Photo: yeowatzup, CC BY 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newlands and Oranjezicht.

Newlands

Suburb

Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall. Newlands is situated 3 km northeast of Otter Pond.

Oranjezicht

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Oranjezicht is a suburb in the City Bowl area of Cape Town, South Africa. It was built on the site of the old Oranjezicht farm, which used to stretch at least as far as the Mount Nelson Hotel and supplied the Castle of Good Hope with fresh produce. Oranjezicht is situated 5 km north of Otter Pond.

Vredehoek

Suburb

Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY 2.5.

Vredehoek is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located at the foot of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. It is sandwiched between the two neighbouring suburbs of Oranjezicht and Devil's Peak Estate, the latter of which is often considered a sub-suburb of Vredehoek as they both fall under the neighbourhood watch community called DPV - Devil's Peak & Vredehoek. Vredehoek is situated 5 km north of Otter Pond.

Otter Pond

Type: Pond
Category: body of water
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.989° or 33° 59′ 20″ south

Longitude

18.43093° or 18° 25′ 51″ east

Open location code

4FRW2C6J+C9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 150123737

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=pond

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sundial and Vygies.

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