Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum is a museum in Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape. Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum is situated nearby to the museum Interpretation Centre, as well as near the tourism office Agulhas National Park Reception.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cape Agulhas Lighthouse.

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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The Cape Agulhas Lighthouse is at Cape Agulhas, the southernmost tip of Africa. At 171 years old, it is the third-built lighthouse in South Africa, and the second-oldest still operating, after Green Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Agulhas and Hotagterklip.

Cape Agulhas

Locality

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Cape Agulhas is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is both the southernmost point of South Africa, the geographic southern tip of Africa and the beginning of the traditional dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans according to the International Hydrographic Organization.

Hotagterklip

Hamlet

Hotagterklip is a small hamlet on the South African coast, close to the village of Struisbaai in the Western Cape. ‘Hotagterklip’ is the Afrikaans not'left rear stone'. Hotagterklip is situated 5 km northeast of Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum.

Suiderstrand

Village

Suiderstrand is a settlement in Overberg District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Suiderstrand is surrounded by the Agulhas National Park, home to vast diversity of mammals, reptiles, birds, insects and world-famous endemic fynbos. Suiderstrand is situated 5 km west of Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum.

Cape Agulhas Lighthouse Museum

Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Cape Agulhas Local Municipality, Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-34.82938° or 34° 49′ 46″ south

Longitude

20.00901° or 20° 0′ 32″ east

Open location code

4GQ252C5+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 782623926

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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