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Lake · Northern Cape

Eye of Kuruman

1,312 m4,304 ft
Tonight
14°CClear · Wind 13 km/h SE

Eye of Kuruman is a lake at 1,312 m above sea level in Northern Cape, South Africa.

All facts
Surface elevation
1,312 m
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3D map

Eye of Kuruman 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Eye of Kuruman terrain and contours

2 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 10 mShowing west → east through the centre

Eye of Kuruman elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Eye of Kuruman weather

Tonight · Clear · 14°C (57°F) · Wind 13 km/h SE

Eye of Kuruman forecast for about 1,312 m.

  • Tonight14°–13 km/h SE
  • Today15°32°–15 km/h SE
  • Sun17°33°–27 km/h NW
  • Mon17°31°1.8 mm35 km/h N
  • Tue19°32°–16 km/h S
  • Wed17°32°–13 km/h E
  • Thu18°33°–8 km/h NW
  • Fri21°34°–10 km/h N
  • Sat23°35°–15 km/h NW
  • Sun23°36°–16 km/h SE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Eye of Kuruman

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Eye of Kuruman, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

All mapped places 3
PlaceDistance
Parking0.1 km WNW
Parking0.1 km N
Parking0.2 km WNW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 100% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
100.0%
Moderate, 15–30°
0.0%
Steep, 30–45°
0.0%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
0.0% of the 16 km² view
Relief in view
51 m low point 1,305 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Shrubland 54.6%Built-up 19.6%Grassland 14.9%Trees 10.2%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 35 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Camel Thorn5
  • African sumac3
  • Fiscal Flycatcher2
  • Sharptooth Catfish2
  • Namib River Crab2
  • Black-collared Barbet2
Where it sits

Where Eye of Kuruman sits

Region
South Africa23Africa69
Downloads

Eye of Kuruman downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-07)
Land cover
© ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts
Wikidata (CC0)
Camping & parking, Geometry
© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Wildlife
iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast
Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia