Sterkfontein

Sterkfontein is a set of limestone caves of special interest in paleoanthropology located in province, about 40 kilometres northwest of , South Africa, in the area close to the town of .
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  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,480 metres (4,860 feet)
  • …is also known as “Sterkfontein Caves”
  • Description: archaeological site in South Africa

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wonder Cave.
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Cave
The Bothongo WonderCave in Kromdraai, … is situated 3 km east of Sterkfontein.

Sterkfontein

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Latitude
-25.97667° or 25° 58′ 36″ south
Longitude
27.74103° or 27° 44′ 28″ east
Open location code
5G692PFR+8C
Geo­Names ID
952419
Wiki­data ID
Q1476862

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sterkfontein” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sterkfontein-grotte”
  • Afrikaans: “Sterkfontein”
  • Arabic: “كهوف ستيركفونتاين”
  • Armenian: “Սթերկֆոնտեյն քարանձավներ”
  • Asturian: “Sterkfontein”
  • Basque: “Sterkfontein”
  • Belarusian: “Пячоры Стэркфантэйн”
  • Catalan: “coves Sterkfontein”
  • Catalan: “Jaciment de Sterkfontein”
  • Catalan: “Sterkfontein”
  • Cebuano: “Sterkfontein Caves”
  • Chinese: “史德克方頓”
  • Chinese: “斯泰克方丹”
  • Chinese: “斯泰克方丹山洞”
  • Czech: “Sterkfontein”
  • Danish: “Sterkfontein”
  • Dutch: “Sterkfontein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستيركفونتين”
  • Finnish: “Sterkfontein”
  • French: “Sterkfontein”
  • Galician: “Sterkfontein”
  • German: “Sterkfontein”
  • Hebrew: “סטרקפונטיין”
  • Italian: “Sterkfontein”
  • Japanese: “スタルクフォンテイン”
  • Latin: “Sterkfontein”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sterkfontein”
  • Persian: “استرک‌فونتین”
  • Persian: “ستیرکفنتاین”
  • Polish: “Sterkfontein”
  • Portuguese: “Sterkfontein”
  • Russian: “Пещеры Стеркфонтейн”
  • Russian: “Стеркфонтейн”
  • Spanish: “Cuevas de Sterkfontein”
  • Spanish: “Sterkfontein”
  • Swati: “Sterkfontein”
  • Swedish: “Sterkfontein”
  • Tswana: “Sterkfontein”
  • Turkish: “Sterkfontein”
  • Ukrainian: “Стеркфонтейн”
  • Vietnamese: “Sterkfontein”
  • Zulu: “Imigede yaseSterkfontein”

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