Du Toitspan
Du Toitspan is a quarry in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape and has an elevation of 1,128 metres. Du Toitspan is situated nearby to the suburb Beaconsfield.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Northern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Dutoitspan Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include McGregor Museum and De Beers Diamond Oval.
McGregor Museum
Museum
The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907. McGregor Museum is situated 2 km northwest of Du Toitspan.
De Beers Diamond Oval
Sports venue
The De Beers Diamond Oval is a cricket stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape, in the CSA Provincial Competitions. De Beers Diamond Oval is situated 2 km north of Du Toitspan.
Duggan-Cronin Gallery
Art gallery
Photo: Waitabout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Duggan-Cronin Gallery, which is a satellite of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, houses in part the legacy in photographs and ethnographic artefacts of the photographer Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin. Duggan-Cronin Gallery is situated 2 km northwest of Du Toitspan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beaconsfield and Kimberley.
Beaconsfield
Suburb
Beaconsfield is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. Beaconsfield was a separate borough from Kimberley itself until its amalgamation with the latter as the City of Kimberley in 1912.
Kimberley
Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Amongst other things, it is famous for its Big Hole, the world's largest hand-dug excavation that was created when thousands of people searched for diamonds at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.
Du Toitspan
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.76096° or 28° 45′ 39″ southLongitude
24.79765° or 24° 47′ 52″ eastElevation
1,128 metres (3,701 feet)Operator
Petra DiamondsOpen location code
5G366QQX+J3OpenStreetMap ID
way 120676790OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryGeoNames ID
1007273Wikidata ID
Q31912435
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Du Toitspan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Du Toitspan”
- Turkish: “Du Toitspan”
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