Plovers Lake (Q7205179)

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  • English Wikipedia categories: Archaeological sites in South Africa, Archaeological sites of Southern Africa, Caves of South Africa, Landforms of Gauteng, Limestone caves, Middle Stone Age, Pleistocene paleontological sites of Africa, South African heritage sites
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Plovers Lake Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cavity in South Africa. The cave is located about 4 km Southeast of the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai and about 36 km Northwest of the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. Plovers Lake has been declared a South African National Heritage Site.

Wikidata location: -25.9775, 27.7767 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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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
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Caves of South Africa natural=cave_entrance
Limestone caves natural=cave_entrance