Vierkant

Vierkant is a square in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Vierkant is situated nearby to the school Laerskool Jan Celliers, as well as near the theater building Barbera Pretorius Amphitheatre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Zoo Lake and Parkview Senior Primary School.

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. Zoo Lake is situated 540 metres southeast of Vierkant.

Parkview Senior Primary School

School

Parkview is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It borders the suburb of Greenside and overlooks Zoo Lake, a park which lies on the opposite side of Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo. Parkview Senior Primary School is situated 310 metres northwest of Vierkant.

Johannesburg Zoo

Zoo

Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Johannesburg Zoo or Joburg Zoo is a 55-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species. Johannesburg Zoo is situated 1½ km southeast of Vierkant.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Greenside and Rosebank.

Greenside

Suburb

Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park.

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.

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. Parktown is situated 3 km south of Vierkant.

Vierkant

Type: Square
Category: locality
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.15672° or 26° 9′ 24″ south

Longitude

28.02691° or 28° 1′ 37″ east

Open location code

5G5CR2VG+8Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 734813483

OpenStreetMap feature

place=square

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