Montagu

Montagu is an electrical substation in Langeberg Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape. Montagu is situated nearby to the ruins Nature Garden Fort, as well as near the peak Bessiekop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Montagu and Ashton.

Montagu

Photo: Andre Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montagu is the gateway to the Little Karoo on Route 62 between Cape Town and the Garden Route with many fine examples of Cape-Dutch architecture. This friendly country town features silent mountain sides, clear night skies, tasty food and pretty fruit and flowers.

Ashton

Town

Photo: Warren Rohner, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashton is a small town in the Western Cape in South Africa. The town is at the foot of the Langeberg mountain range, 10 km southwest of Montagu and 19 km east-southeast of Robertson. Ashton is situated 9 km southwest of Montagu.

Montagu

Type: Electrical substation
Category: industry
Location: Langeberg Local Municipality, Cape Winelands District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.79839° or 33° 47′ 54″ south

Longitude

20.14062° or 20° 8′ 26″ east

Operator

National Transmission Company of South Africa

Open location code

4GR2642R+J6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 242526648

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