Zoo Lake | |
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Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Coordinates | 26°09′31″S 28°01′43″E / 26.15861°S 28.02861°E |
Primary inflows | Parktown Spruit |
Primary outflows | Parktown Spruit |
First flooded | 1908 |
Surface area | 9 hectares (0.090 km2)[1] |
Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo. The Zoo Lake consists of two dams, an upper feeder dam, and a larger lower dam, both constructed in natural marshland watered by the Parktown Spruit.