Bultfontein
Bultfontein is a quarry in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape and has an elevation of 1,131 metres. Bultfontein is situated nearby to the suburb Beaconsfield.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Northern Cape, South Africa
- Also known as: “Bultfontein Mine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include McGregor Museum and Duggan-Cronin Gallery.
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 2½ km northwest of Bultfontein.
Duggan-Cronin Gallery
Art gallery
Honoured Dead Memorial
The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War. Honoured Dead Memorial is situated 3 km northwest of Bultfontein.
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.
Bultfontein
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-28.76802° or 28° 46′ 5″ south
Longitude
24.79221° or 24° 47′ 32″ east
Elevation
1,131 metres (3,711 feet)
Operator
Petra Diamonds
Open location code
5G366QJR+QV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Bultfontein” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bultfontein”
- Turkish: “Bultfontein”
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