Kromdraai fossil site
Kromdraai is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about 2 kilometres east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and about 45 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Profberger, CC BY 2.5.
Photo: Profberger, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Paleontological site
- Description: archeological site in South Africa
- Also known as: “Kromdraai Palaeontological Reserve”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cooper’s Cave.
Cooper’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Profberger, CC BY 2.5.
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. Cooper’s Cave is situated 480 metres southwest of Kromdraai fossil site.
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. It grew out of the informal settlements inhabited by mine laborers on the outskirts of the original mining town of Krugersdorp. Munsieville is situated 7 km south of Kromdraai fossil site.
Krugersdorp
Krugersdop is a town in South Africa's Gauteng province to the west of Johannesburg. Krugersdorp has a modern business centre and shopping malls alongside many smaller shops, schools, and necessary amenities.
Kromdraai fossil site
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Mogale City, West Rand District Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.01142° or 26° 0′ 41″ southLongitude
27.75° or 27° 45′ eastOpen location code
5G59XPQX+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 238181489OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q653322
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Kromdraai fossil site” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kromdraai-fossielterrein”
- Arabic: “كرومدراي”
- Asturian: “Kromdraai”
- Catalan: “Kromdraai”
- Dutch: “Kromdraai”
- Egyptian Arabic: “موقع الحفريات كرومدراى”
- Finnish: “Kromdraai”
- French: “Kromdraai”
- German: “Kromdraai Palaeontological Reserve”
- German: “Kromdraai”
- Italian: “Kromdraai”
- Japanese: “クロムドラーイ”
- Polish: “Kromdraai”
- Portuguese: “Kromdraai”
- Romanian: “Kromdraai”
- Spanish: “Kromdraai”
- Swati: “Indzawo yemlandvo wase Kromdraai”
- Swedish: “Kromdraai”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kromdraai fossil site”. Photo: Profberger, CC BY 2.5.