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CRANBORNE ROAD RACE CIRCUIT
Description Airfield circuit, even if original map call it "Road Circuit". I have no more info...
Until 1952 Cranborne was a military airfield, then the base was closed and the area was built over
Location Cranborne (Harare / Salisbury)
Harare

Approx. 5 km - 3 mi south east of Salisbury town center (renamed Harare on April 18th 1982). Before April 18th 1980, Zimbabwe was named Southern Rhodesia.
Latitude - Longitude (approx) - 17°51'30"     + 31°05'00"     (approx)
-17.858333     31.083333     (approx)
UTM Coordinates (approx) X = 296904.24  -  Y = 8024445.816  -  Zone 36K     (approx)
Aerial photo / Map (*) Aerial photo / Map (*) OpenStreetMap  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Google Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Bing Maps  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Zoom Earth  -   Aerial photo / Map (*) Wikimapia
Altitude AMSL (approx) 1500 m - 4921 ft    (approx)
Inauguration  
Closing  
Designer  
Sources and links (Translation) (**)
(1) English mail, note Mail from Marius Matthee dated March 24th 2006
(2) English forums.autosport.com (...) Autosport.com Bulletin Board --> The Nostalgia Forum --> Rhodesian circuits
(3) English www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-africa/zim/zim-af-bases.htm Zimbabwe Military Air Bases and Airfields

(*) 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.

Cranborne Road Race Circuit
Description  
Years  
Direction  
Progetto Proposal NO
No longer operational YES
Car Circuit YES
Motorbike circuit  
Type Airfield course
Inauguration  
Closing  
Last update of this page June 29th 2006
Info last update  
Designer  
Distinctive points  

Cranborne Road Race Circuit

Cranborne Road Race Circuit


Updates
Date Track layout Years Description by Map by Thanks to Note
March 29th 2006     Guido de Carli Guido de Carli Marius Matthee New Description with map
Not all eventual updates issued in last years are already visible in this list
 
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