Emmarentia Dam
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Johannesburg Botanical Garden and Westpark Cemetery.
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.
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.
Zoo Lake
Park
Photo: Dyltong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sophiatown and Parktown.
Sophiatown
Suburb
Photo: ShiningWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sophiatown, also known as Sof'town or Kofifi, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Sophiatown was a poor multi-racial area and a black cultural hub that was destroyed under apartheid.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
Rosebank
Town
Photo: Jeppestown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rosebank is a cosmopolitan commercial and residential suburb to the north of central Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, and is the location of a Gautrain station.
Emmarentia Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.1527° or 26° 9′ 10″ southLongitude
28.0047° or 28° 0′ 17″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR2W3+WVOpenStreetMap ID
way 18906915OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirWikidata ID
Q5373390
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Persian—“Emmarentia Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Emmarentiadam”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Emmarentia”
- Italian: “diga di Emmarentia”
- Persian: “سد امارینینا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Greenside and Emmarentia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Floreum and Emmarentia Sailing Club.
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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 Wikipedia page “Emmarentia Dam”. Photo: Setzor, CC BY-SA 4.0.