Big Hole

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in . It has been considered the deepest hole excavated by hand, contending the title with .
  • Tourist attraction with an elevation of 1,186 metres (3,891 feet)
  • …is operated by De Beers
  • Description: open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa
  • Also known as
    “Kimberley Mine”
    “New Rush”
    “Open Mine”
    “Tim Kuilmine”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sol Plaatje Museum and Kimberley railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimberley and Beaconsfield.
is the capital of the Province of .
is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. is situated 3 km southeast of Big Hole.

Big Hole

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Latitude
-28.73924° or 28° 44′ 21″ south
Longitude
24.75855° or 24° 45′ 31″ east
Open location code
5G367Q65+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
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tourism=­attraction
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Big Hole” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Gat”
  • Afrikaans: “Kimberly en die Groot Gat”
  • Arabic: “بيج هول”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ անցք”
  • Catalan: “Big Hole”
  • Cebuano: “Big Hole”
  • Chinese: “金伯利大洞”
  • Czech: “Big Hole”
  • Danish: “Big Hole”
  • Dutch: “Die Groot Gat”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Truo”
  • Finnish: “Big Hole”
  • French: “Big Hole”
  • Georgian: “დიდი ორმო”
  • German: “The Big Hole”
  • Hebrew: “החור הגדול”
  • Hungarian: “Big Hole”
  • Hungarian: “Kimberley Mine”
  • Hungarian: “Nagy Lyuk”
  • Indonesian: “Big Hole”
  • Indonesian: “Lubang Besar”
  • Indonesian: “The Big Hole”
  • Italian: “Big Hole”
  • Japanese: “ビッグホール”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Big Hole (gruve)”
  • Norwegian: “Big Hole”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Big Hole”
  • Persian: “چاله بزرگ”
  • Persian: “چالهٔ بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Wielka dziura”
  • Portuguese: “Big Hole”
  • Portuguese: “Mina de Kimberley”
  • Portuguese: “The Big Hole”
  • Russian: “Большая дыра в Кимберли”
  • Russian: “Большая дыра”
  • Russian: “Кимберлитовая трубка «Большая дыра»”
  • Spanish: “Big Hole”
  • Swedish: “Big Hole”
  • Tamil: “பெரும் துளை”
  • Tamil: “பெரும் துளைச் சுரங்கம்”
  • Turkish: “The Big Hole”
  • Ukrainian: “Велика діра”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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