Oupa Fats Wetland Lake

Oupa Fats Wetland Lake is a lake in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Oupa Fats Wetland Lake is situated nearby to the quarter Mosquito Valley, as well as near the suburb Protea South.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lenasia Stadium and Avalon Cemetery.

Lenasia Stadium

Stadium

The Lenasia Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Lenasia, Johannesburg South, South Africa. The ground was used regularly by Transvaal from 1973 until 1991.

Avalon Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Steamhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for black people.

The Protea Glen Mall is a shopping mall in Protea Glen, in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa, which opened in September 2012. Built at a cost of approximately R360-380 million, the mall is located at the intersection of R558 and Protea Boulevard in the centre of Protea Glen, and has over 90 tenants.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenasia and Protea Glen.

Lenasia

Town

Photo: WaseemLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lenasia, also known as Lenz, is a suburb south of Soweto in the Gauteng province, South Africa, originally created to house Indians. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Protea Glen

Suburb

Protea Glen is a township of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, located north of Lenasia and west of Soweto. The suburb was developed in the 1990s for middle-class residents.

Zola

Suburb

Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there.

Oupa Fats Wetland Lake

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.302° or 26° 18′ 7″ south

Longitude

27.8366° or 27° 50′ 12″ east

Open location code

5G59MRXP+5J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 215026707

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mosquito Valley and Protea South.

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