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Atla's Pool

Atla's Pool, seen from above at true elevation

Atla's Pool is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 314 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the north-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Constantiaberg, a peak 0.5 miles away. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

Very low flow in summer. There is a small shallow pool below the waterfall.

What the record says

Width
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates-34.05790, 18.37730

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
Historic sites: 15
  • East Fort: 0.7 mi
  • West Fort: 1.7 mi
  • Orange Kloof pumphouse: 4.4 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 6.5 mi
  • Rhodes Memorial: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 9
Museums: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Silvermine Waterfall: 4.2 mi
  • Tyger Falls: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 3.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Atla's Pool. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon)NNE 24°1,086 m6.9 mi
Fernwood PeakNNE 26°1,003.1 m6.5 mi
Devil's PeakNNE 27°1,000.5 m8.0 mi
ConstantiabergENE 61°927.7 m0.5 mi
Junction PeakNNE 21°919 m6.2 mi
GrootkopN 359°857 m4.5 mi
Reserve PeakNNE 20°844 m5.6 mi
Noordhoek PeakS 171°764 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2719:00
June solstice07:5317:0717:45
September equinox06:3718:1018:43
December solstice05:3219:2119:58

Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/321843158

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