Bird Island
Bird Island is a pond in South Africa. Bird Island is situated nearby to Emmarentia Dog Park, as well as near the sports venue Mark’s Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Johannesburg Botanical Garden and Emmarentia Dam.
Johannesburg Botanical Garden
Park
Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa. The gardens grew out of a large rose garden that was established in 1964 and subsequently expanded from 1969 to cover an area of around 125 hectares. Johannesburg Botanical Garden is situated 410 metres north of Bird Island.
Emmarentia Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Setzor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.
Westpark Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Hentie Joubert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westpark Cemetery is a large cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the resting place of some of the country's well-known citizens. It is a non-denomination designated burial ground, and thus has Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese burial areas. Westpark Cemetery is situated 1 km west of Bird Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenside and Westdene.
Greenside
Suburb
Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park.
Westdene
Suburb
Westdene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Westdene lies between the historic suburb of Sophiatown and Melville with the Melville Koppies nature reserve to the north of the suburb.
Franklin Roosevelt Park
Suburb
Franklin Roosevelt Park is a north-western suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, around 8 km northwest of City Hall, north of Montgomery Park and southwest of Linden.
Bird Island
- Type: Pond
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.16234° or 26° 9′ 44″ southLongitude
28.00061° or 28° 0′ 2″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR2Q2+36OpenStreetMap ID
way 18906911OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pond
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