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Explore Brightwater in South Africa

Brightwater in the region of Western Cape is a town in South Africa - some 831 mi or ( 1337 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Brightwater

Current time in Brightwater is now 10:13 AM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Wildeschutsbrand, Vishoek, Simon's Town, Scarborough, and Oatlands. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Wildeschutsbrand . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Brightwater ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Cape Point park, an ostrich, South Africa.

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Kaelin singing Happy Birthday to me atop Table Mountain :) ..


Views from Table Mountain in Cape Town

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Rock Hyrax (dassie) sun bathing on the top of Table Mountain. ..

Cape of Good Hope, the beach, panoramic. South Africa.

0:17 min by Aaronne Colagrossi
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Interesting facts about this location

SS Thomas T. Tucker

The SS Thomas T. Tucker (Hull Number 269) was a Liberty ship, built by The Houston Shipbuilding Corporation for service as a troop & weapons carrier. Liberty ships were named after prominent (deceased) Americans, starting with Patrick Henry and the signers of the Declaration of Independence. She was named after Thomas Tudor Tucker, an American physician and politician from Charleston, South Carolina. He represented South Carolina in both the Continental Congress and the U.S. House.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -34.27 18.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: 1942 ships, Liberty ships, Maritime incidents in 1942, Shipwrecks of the South African Atlantic coast

Cape Peninsula

The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -34.21 18.40 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Geography of Cape Town, Peninsulas of South Africa

Flying Dutchman Funicular

The Flying Dutchman Funicular, also known as the Cape Point Funicular, is a funicular railway located at Cape Point, near the Cape of Good Hope in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is believed to be the only commercial funicular of its type in Africa, and takes its name from the legend of the Flying Dutchman ghost ship. The line runs from a lower station at the Cape Point car park, up an incline through dense fynbos to the upper lighthouse.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -34.35 18.49 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Funicular railways in South Africa

HMS Pelorus (J291)

HMS Pelorus (J291) was an Algerine-class minesweeper, built by Lobnitz of Renfrew, Scotland and launched on 19 June 1943. While equipped with minesweeping gear, she was primarily assigned to convoy escort duty in the Atlantic. In 1944, she led the D-Day invasion of Normandy. In 1947 the ship was sold to the South African Navy and renamed HMSAS Pietermaritzburg (and later SAS Pietermaritzburg).

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Located at -34.22 18.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: 1943 ships, Algerine-class minesweepers of the Royal Navy, Algerine-class minesweepers of the South African Navy, Clyde-built ships, Maritime incidents in 1994, Ships sunk as dive sites, Shipwrecks of the South African Atlantic coast, World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom

Cape Point

Cape Point is a promontory at the southeast corner of the Cape Peninsula, which is a mountainous and scenic landform that runs north-south for about thirty kilometres at the extreme southwestern tip of the African continent in the Republic of South Africa. Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town are close to the northern extremity of the same peninsula.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -34.36 18.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Geography of Cape Town, Headlands of South Africa, Headlands of the Western Cape, Lighthouses in South Africa, Table Mountain National Park, Visitor attractions in Cape Town