Makapansgat
Makapansgat is an archaeological location within the Makapansgat and Zwartkrans Valleys, northeast of Mokopane in Limpopo province, South Africa. It is an important palaeontological site, with the local limeworks containing Australopithecus-bearing deposits dating to between 3.0 and 2.6 million years BP.
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- Description: archaeological and paleontological site in South Africa
- Also known as“Makapan Valley”“Makapans Valley National Heritage Site”
Makapansgat
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Latitude
-24.151° or 24° 9′ 4″ south
Longitude
29.1865° or 29° 11′ 11″ east
Open location code
5G7FR5XP+JH
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OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Makapansgat” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Makapansgat”
- Asturian: “Makapansgat”
- Chinese: “马卡潘斯加特”
- Chinese: “马卡潘斯盖”
- Czech: “Makapansgat”
- Dutch: “Makapansgat”
- Dutch: “Makapanvallei”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ماكابانسجات”
- French: “Makapansgat”
- French: “Vallée de Makapan”
- German: “Makapansgat”
- Hebrew: “מקאפנסגאט”
- Hebrew: “מקאפנסחאט”
- Italian: “Makapansgat”
- Japanese: “マカパンスガット”
- Malayalam: “മകപൻ താഴ്വര”
- Portuguese: “Makapansgat”
- Slovenian: “Makapanova dolina”
- Slovenian: “Makapansgat”
- Spanish: “Makapansgat”
- Swedish: “Makapansgat”
- Tswana: “Makapansgat”
- Turkish: “Makapansgat”
- Ukrainian: “Макапансгат”
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