Waterfall
Atla's Pool
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
- Constantiaberg: 0.5 mi
- Noordhoek Peak: 1.0 mi
- Skoorsteenberg: 1.8 mi
- Lower Chapman's Peak: 2.0 mi
- The Sentinel: 2.3 mi
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
- Die Oog: 4.1 mi
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 4.2 mi
- Harvest Capella Shipwreck: 4.3 mi
- Fresh Fish: 6.4 mi
- The Boulders: 10.5 mi
Museums: 2
- Hout Bay Museum: 1.6 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Silvermine Waterfall: 4.2 mi
- Tyger Falls: 19.1 mi
Artworks: 1
- The Bronze Leopard: 1.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | NNE 24° | 1,086 m | 6.9 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | NNE 26° | 1,003 m | 6.5 mi |
| Devil's Peak | NNE 27° | 1,001 m | 8.0 mi |
| Constantiaberg | ENE 61° | 928 m | 0.5 mi |
| Junction Peak | NNE 21° | 919 m | 6.2 mi |
| Grootkop | N 359° | 857 m | 4.5 mi |
| Reserve Peak | NNE 20° | 844 m | 5.6 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | S 171° | 764 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 07:53 | 17:07 | 17:45 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:32 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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