Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs sight
Gauteng, Limpopo and North-west provinces, South africa
The Taung Skull Fossil Site, part of the extension to the site inscribed in 1999, is the place where in 1924 the celebrated Taung Skull a specimen of the species Australopithecus africanus was found. Makapan Valley, also in the site, features in its many archaeological caves traces of human o...
iSimangaliso Wetland Park sight
KwaZulu-Natal, South africa
The ongoing fluvial, marine and aeolian processes in the site have produced a variety of landforms, including coral reefs, long sandy beaches, coastal dunes, lake systems, swamps, and extensive reed and papyrus wetlands. The interplay of the park's environmental heterogeneity with major floods and...
Robben Island sight
Western Cape Province, South africa
Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital for socially unacceptable groups and a military base. Its buildings, particularly those of the late 20th century such as the maximum security prison for political prisoners, witness the triumph of de...
uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park sight
KwaZulu-Natal, South africa
The uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park has exceptional natural beauty in its soaring basaltic buttresses, incisive dramatic cutbacks, and golden sandstone ramparts. Rolling high altitude grasslands, the pristine steep-sided river valleys and rocky gorges also contribute to the beauty of the site. The site...
Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape sight
Northern Province, South africa
Mapungubwe is set hard against the northern border of South Africa, joining Zimbabwe and Botswana. It is an open, expansive savannah landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. Mapungubwe developed into the largest kingdom in the sub-continent before it was abandoned in the 14th c...
Cape Floral Region Protected Areas sight
Western Cape Province, Eastern Cape Province, South africa
A serial site in Cape Province, South Africa made up of eight protected areas, covering 553,000 ha, the Cape Floral Region is one of the richest areas for plants in the world. It represents less than 0.5% of the area of Africa but is home to nearly 20% of the continents flora. The site disp...
Vredefort Dome sight
Northwest and Free State provinces, South africa
Vredefort Dome, approximately 120 km south-west of Johannesburg, is a representative part of a larger meteorite impact structure, or astrobleme. Dating back 2,023 million years, it is the oldest astrobleme yet found on Earth. With a radius of 190 km, it is also the largest and the most deeply erode...
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape sight
Northern Cape, South africa
The 160,000 ha Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape of dramatic mountainous desert in north-western South Africa constitutes a cultural landscape communally owned and managed. This site sustains the semi-nomadic pastoral livelihood of the Nama people, reflecting seasonal patterns that may ...
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