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ZIM - ZIMBABWE
BELVEDERE AIRFIELD
Description	Not to be confused with Belvedere street circuit, few meters far. The circuit was used surely for Rhodesian Grand Prix on August 14th 1960, but I don’t know if this was its first race or not.
Location	Salisbury / Harare - Harare
Location	Former Belvedere airfield, North West of Salisbury (renamed Harare on April 18th 1982). Now this area is completely built over
Latitude - Longitude (approx)	- 17°49'44"     + 31°00'31"     (approx) -17.828889     31.008611     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx)	X = 288949.192  -  Y = 8027622.075  -  Zone 36K     (approx)
Aerial photo / Map (*)	Google Maps  -    Bing Maps  -    Flash Earth
Altitude AMSL (approx)	1460 m - 4790 ft    (approx)
Inauguration	August 14th 1960
Closing	1974
Designer
Sources and links (Translation) (**)	(1) Forum Forum Africa African Countries ZIM - Belvedere Street + Airport [ENG] (2) cgi.ebay.it/ (...) Bid for a copy of Rhodesian GP - 1960 - Official Souvenir Program (3) forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board The Nostalgia Forum Rhodesian circuits (4) www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-africa/zim/zim-af-bases.htm Zimbabwe Military Air Bases and Airfields (5) www.racingcircuits.net Motor Racing Circuits Database

(*) NOTE: a complete and detailed view of the circuit can be found (if available) on Street View by Google Maps and/or Bird's Eye and 3D views by Bing Maps for Enterprise (former Microsoft Virtual Earth): both can be reached using their own link in Aerial photo / Map cell.

(**) For on-line not-English speaking sources, click on each small flag and you open the corresponding Google Translator page with automatic translation.

Belvedere Airfield
Description
Years	1960÷1974
Direction	Clockwise
Proposal	NO
No longer operational	YES
Car Circuit	YES
Motorbike circuit
Type	Airfield course
Inauguration	August 14th 1960
Closing	1974
Last update of this page	February 23rd 2009
Info last update
Designer
Distinctive points	Pichanie Street - Back Straight
length	3219  m	10560  ft	2  mi		(5)

Latitude - Longitude (approx): - 17°49'44", + 31°00'31"
If the aerial photo is not visible, you have to zoom out by clicking (maybe more then once) button ’-’ in top left corner

Updates
Date	Track layout	Years	Description by	Map by	Thanks to	Note
February 23rd 2009		1960÷1974	Guido de Carli		Roelard Smit	Update	Description
February 22nd 2009		1960÷1974	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli	Bob Simbel	Update	Description with map
October 4th 2007		1960÷1974	Guido de Carli	Guido de Carli		Update	Description with map
April 20th 2007		1960÷1974	Guido de Carli			New	Description
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list

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