Makapansgat (Q2071706)

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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Makapansgat () (or Makapan Valley World Heritage Site) is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important palaeontological site, with the local limeworks containing Australopithecus-bearing deposits dating to between 3.0 and 2.6 million years BP. The whole Makapan Valley has been declared a South African Heritage Site. Makapansgat belongs to the Cradle of Humankind.

Summary from Afrikaans / Afrikaans Wikipedia (afwiki)

Die Makapansgat is kalksteengrotte sowat 25 km noordoos van Potgietersrus in die Limpopoprovinsie van Suid-Afrika. Die grotte het 'n dubbele ingang wat aaneen loop en lei na reusagtige grotte. Die grotte het bekend geraak met die beleg van Makapan in 1854.

Wikidata location: -24.1586, 29.1769 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Makapans Valley National Heritage Site (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Makapans Valley National Heritage Site
source: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/915
leisure: nature_reserve
name:fr: Vallée de Makapan
ref:whc: 915bis-002
alt_name: Makapansgat
boundary: protected_area
heritage: 1
wikidata: Q2071706
wikipedia: en:Makapansgat
whc:criteria: (iii),(vi)
protection_title: World Heritage Site
heritage:operator: whc
whc:inscription_date: 1999
historic:civilization: prehistoric

wikidata match: Q2071706

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protected area (Q473972) boundary=protected_area
archaeological site (Q839954) historic=archaeological_site
paleontological site (Q9096832) geological=palaeontological_site

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Archaeological sites in South Africa historic=archaeological_site
Caves of South Africa natural=cave_entrance
Limestone caves natural=cave_entrance
Wild caves natural=cave_entrance
World Heritage Sites in South Africa tourism=attraction