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Area. 30,000 ha (120 sq mi) The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. [1] The crater, which has since been eroded away, has been estimated at 170–300 kilometres (110–190 mi) across when it was formed. [2][3] The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is located in present-day ...
Pilanesberg National Park (North West (South African province)) The Pilanesberg National Park is located north of Rustenburg in the North West Province of South Africa. [ 1 ] The park borders on the Sun City entertainment complex. It is administered by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.
Extinct volcano. The Pilanesberg (formerly Pilandsberg[2][3]) is a mountain in the North West Province, South Africa. The mountain is an ancient volcanic structure, circular in shape, that rises from flat surrounding plains. It is formed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills, of which the outermost has a diameter of about 24 km.
The Yellowstone Caldera, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Supervolcano, is a volcanic caldera and supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Western United States. The caldera and most of the park are located in the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming. The caldera measures 43 by 28 miles (70 by 45 kilometers), and postcaldera ...
Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) (almost The Size of Wales) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 mi) from east to west.
Proterozoic. Salpeterkop. 32°28′30″S 20°50′33″E / 32.474890°S 20.842429°E / -32.474890; 20.842429. Cretaceous. Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean. Marion Island. 1230. 4035.
Tswaing (Tswana for "place of salt" [1]) is an impact crater enclosed by a 1,946 ha nature reserve, situated in northern Gauteng province, South Africa. The crater and reserve are situated on a base of ancient granite of the Bushveld Igneous Complex , some 40 km to the north-northwest of Pretoria (just north of Soshanguve ). [ 1 ]
Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/- HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") [12] [13] is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people, [7] and is classified as a megacity; [14] it is one of the 100 largest ...