De Beers Mine

De Beers Mine is a quarry in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape. De Beers Mine is situated nearby to Karen Muir Swimming Pool, as well as near Queens Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Hole and Kimberley railway station.

Big Hole

Photo: irene2005, CC BY 2.0.

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa. It has been considered the deepest hole excavated by hand, contending the title with Jagersfontein Mine.

Kimberley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Andre Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kimberley railway station is the central railway station of the city of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Because Kimberley is the junction of the main Cape Town–Johannesburg main line with another line from Bloemfontein, it is served by several routes of the Shosholoza Meyl inter-city service. Kimberley railway station is situated 670 metres northwest of De Beers Mine.

McGregor Museum

Museum

Photo: flowcomm, CC BY 2.0.

The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907. McGregor Museum is situated 1¼ km south of De Beers Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimberley and Beaconsfield.

Kimberley

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Amongst other things, it is famous for its Big Hole, the world's largest hand-dug excavation that was created when thousands of people searched for diamonds at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.

Beaconsfield

Suburb

Beaconsfield is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. Beaconsfield was a separate borough from Kimberley itself until its amalgamation with the latter as the City of Kimberley in 1912.

De Beers Mine

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-28.73883° or 28° 44′ 20″ south

Longitude

24.77551° or 24° 46′ 32″ east

Open location code

5G367Q6G+F6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 27311067

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=surface mine

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