Makapansgat
Makapansgat 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: archaeological and paleontological site in South Africa
- Also known as: “Makapan Valley”
Makapansgat
- Categories: archaeological site and paleontological site
- Location: Mogalakwena, Waterberg, Limpopo, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Makapansgat” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Makapansgat”
- Asturian: “Makapansgat”
- Chinese: “马卡潘斯加特”
- Chinese: “马卡潘斯盖”
- Czech: “Makapansgat”
- Dutch: “Makapansgat”
- Dutch: “Makapanvallei”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماكابانسجات”
- French: “Makapansgat”
- German: “Makapansgat”
- Hebrew: “מקאפנסגאט”
- Hebrew: “מקאפנסחאט”
- Italian: “Makapansgat”
- Japanese: “マカパンスガット”
- Malayalam: “മകപൻ താഴ്വര”
- Portuguese: “Makapansgat”
- Slovenian: “Makapanova dolina”
- Slovenian: “Makapansgat”
- Spanish: “Makapansgat”
- Swedish: “Makapansgat”
- Turkish: “Makapansgat”
- Ukrainian: “Макапансгат”
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