Gladysvale Cave
Gladysvale Cave is a fossil-bearing breccia filled cave located about 13 kilometres northeast of the well-known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans and about 45 kilometres north-northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,410 metres (4,630 feet)
- …is also known as “Gladysvale”
- Description: protected area
- Categories
- Location
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Latitude
-25.9° or 25° 54′ south
Longitude
27.76667° or 27° 46′ east
Open location code
5G693QX8+XM
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Gladysvale Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف غلاديسفيل”
- Catalan: “Cova de Gladysvale”
- Dutch: “Gladysvale Cave”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف جلاديسفيل”
- French: “Gladysvale”
- French: “Grotte de Gladysvale”
- German: “Gladysvale-Höhle”
- German: “Gladysvale”
- Italian: “Gladysvale Cave”
- Italian: “Gladysvale”
- Italian: “Grotta Gladysvale”
- Japanese: “グラディスヴェール”
- Southern Sotho: “Lehaha la Gladysvale”
- Spanish: “Cueva Gladysvale”
- Tswana: “Logaga la Gladysvale”
- Zulu: “Umgede iGladysvale”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jack Scott and Rising Star Cave.
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