Eye of Kuruman (Q1385712)

  • matcher place: Kuruman (way 904987622), Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality (relation 86703)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: Archaeological sites in South Africa, Archaeological sites of Southern Africa, Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality, Landforms of the Northern Cape, South African heritage sites, Springs of South Africa, Tourist attractions in the Northern Cape
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Eye of Kuruman (Afrikaans: Die Oog) is a spring in the town of Kuruman (part of the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality) in the province of Northern Cape, South Africa. Currently, it is known as the largest natural spring in the Southern Hemisphere; although the Te Waikoropupū Springs in Golden Bay, New Zealand has been reliably measured at an average flow some 60 times greater (14 m3/s (220,000 US gal/min)).

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

L’Œil de Kuruman (afrikaans : Die Oog), située dans la ville de Kuruman (dans le quartier de Ga-Segonyana) en Afrique du Sud, est la plus importante source naturelle de l'hémisphère sud.

Wikidata location: -27.4635, 23.4363 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Die Oog (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Die Oog
water: lake
name:en: Eye of Kuruman
natural: water
wikidata: Q1385712
wikipedia:de: Eye of Kuruman
wikipedia:en: Eye of Kuruman

wikidata match: Q1385712
node: Eye of Kuruman (OSM), 11 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Eye of Kuruman
natural: spring

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body of water (Q15324) natural=water
lake (Q23397) water=lake

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Archaeological sites in South Africa historic=archaeological_site
Archaeological sites of Southern Africa historic=archaeological_site
Springs of South Africa natural=spring
Tourist attractions in the Northern Cape tourism=museum, tourism=attraction