Cooper’s Cave
Cooper's Cave is a series of fossil-bearing breccia filled cavities. The cave is located almost exactly between the well known South African hominid-bearing sites of Sterkfontein and Kromdraai and about 40 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa and has been declared a South African National Heritage Site.
- Cave
- Description: cave in South Africa
- Also known as“Coopers”“Coopers Site”“Copers Cave”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Munsieville and Krugersdorp.
Munsieville
Suburb
Munsieville is a township situated in the Krugersdorp area in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Munsieville is situated 7 km south of Cooper’s Cave.
Krugersdorp
Krugersdop is a town in South Africa's Gauteng province to the west of Johannesburg.
Cooper’s Cave
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Latitude
-26.01329° or 26° 0′ 48″ south
Longitude
27.74562° or 27° 44′ 44″ east
Open location code
5G59XPPW+M6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Tswana—“Cooper’s Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف كوبر”
- Catalan: “Cova de Cooper”
- Chinese: “庫珀洞穴”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف كوبر”
- French: “Grotte de Cooper”
- Italian: “Grotte di Cooper”
- Southern Sotho: “Cooper’s Cave”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Cooper”
- Tswana: “Logaga la Cooper”
Places with the Same Name
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kromdraai and Makiti - Wedding and Function Venue.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as University of the Witwatersrand Sterkfontein Caves and Sterkfontein Storage Place.
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