Sutherland, Cape Colony

E950362

human settlement town

Sutherland, Cape Colony was a small rural town in the former Cape Colony, now part of South Africa, known for its remote, high-altitude setting and later prominence in astronomical observation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sutherland, Cape Colony canonical	2
Sutherland, South Africa	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
climate	semi-arid ⓘ
country	Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity	agriculture ⓘ astrotourism ⓘ sheep farming ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1450 metres above sea level ⓘ approximately 4800 feet above sea level ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	high-altitude ⓘ remote ⓘ rural ⓘ sparsely populated ⓘ
hasLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility	South African Astronomical Observatory Sutherland site NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern African Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbyInfrastructure	observatory domes ⓘ telescope arrays ⓘ
hasProperty	continental climate influences ⓘ low population density ⓘ
historicalStatus	small rural town in Cape Colony ⓘ
historicalTerritory	British Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	astronomical observation ⓘ clear night skies ⓘ cold winters ⓘ dry climate ⓘ low light pollution ⓘ
locatedIn	Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Hantam region NERFINISHED ⓘ Karoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Roggeveld Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Roggeveld Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfPresentDay	Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayName	Sutherland, Northern Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayStatus	small rural town in Northern Cape, South Africa ⓘ
regionType	Karoo town ⓘ
skyCondition	high percentage of cloudless nights ⓘ
timezone	South African Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	infrared astronomy ⓘ optical astronomy ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

W.E.G. Louw → placeOfBirth → Sutherland, Cape Colony ⓘ

W. E. G. Louw → birthPlace → Sutherland, Cape Colony ⓘ

Wide Angle Search for Planets → observingSite → Sutherland, Cape Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sutherland, South Africa