Lion Cave
Lion Cave is an archaeological site in Eswatini. Lion Cave is situated nearby to the quarry Ngwenya Mine.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ngwenya Mine.
Ngwenya Mine
Quarry
Photo: Heather Dowd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Ngwenya Mine is located on Bomvu Ridge, northwest of Mbabane and near the northwestern border of Eswatini. This mine is considered to be the world's oldest. Ngwenya Mine is situated 1 km south of Lion Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Steynsdorp.
Steynsdorp
Suburb
Steynsdorp, officially eMlondozi, is a settlement in Gert Sibande District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It was founded in 1885 and became the centre of the New Paarl goldfield but was abandoned when the Witwatersrand goldfields were discovered. Steynsdorp is situated 10 km northwest of Lion Cave.
Lion Cave
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Eswatini, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-26.19231° or 26° 11′ 32″ southLongitude
31.03063° or 31° 1′ 50″ eastOpen location code
5G5HR25J+37OpenStreetMap ID
node 59731781OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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