Kirstenbosch Dam

Kirstenbosch Dam is a reservoir in Western Cape, South Africa. Kirstenbosch Dam is situated nearby to the suburb Klaassenbosch, as well as near Glen Dirk.

Places of Interest

Highlights include 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.

Woodhead Dam

Reservoir

Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camps Bay and Newlands.

Camps Bay

Photo: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Camps Bay is a suburb in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. Founded as Kamps Baai it was once considered to become Cape Town's harbour. It has become a tourism hot spot because it offers a great combination of restaurants, bars, amenities, accommodation and a fantastic beach, all very close to each other.

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.

Rondebosch

Suburb

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.

Kirstenbosch Dam

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.9914° or 33° 59′ 29″ south

Longitude

18.4265° or 18° 25′ 36″ east

Open location code

4FRW2C5G+CJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 25932138

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

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