Sibhudu Cave

Sibudu Cave is a rock shelter in a sandstone cliff in northern , South Africa. It is an important Middle Stone Age site occupied, with some gaps, from 77,000 years ago to 38,000 years ago.
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  • Cave
  • …is also known as “Sibudu Cave”
  • Description: geographical object

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tongaat.

Town
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
oThongathi, previously and still commonly known… is situated 6 km southeast of Sibhudu Cave.

Sibhudu Cave

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Latitude
-29.52229° or 29° 31′ 20″ south
Longitude
31.08596° or 31° 5′ 10″ east
Open location code
5G2HF3HP+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 14296633555
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Wiki­data ID
Q1322486

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Sibhudu Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف سيبودو”
  • Catalan: “Cova de Sibudu”
  • Dutch: “Sibhudugrot”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف سيبودو”
  • Esperanto: “Sibudu-kaverno”
  • French: “grotte de Sibudu”
  • French: “Grotte de Sibudu”
  • German: “Sibudu-Höhle”
  • Hebrew: “מערת סיבודו”
  • Japanese: “シブドゥ洞窟”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sibudu”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sibudu”
  • Norwegian: “Sibudu”
  • Polish: “Jaskinia Sibudu”
  • Russian: “Пещера Сибуду”
  • Russian: “Сибуду”
  • Tswana: “Logaga la Sibudu”
  • Turkish: “Sibudu Mağarası”
  • Zulu: “Umgede weSibhudu”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Maidstone Golf Club and Tongaat.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Emona Primary School and Mbonisweni Primary School.

KwaZulu-Natal: Highlights

Notable places include Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

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