Protected heritage site · Limpopo
Makapansgat
Makapansgat is a protected heritage site in Limpopo, about 41 km south-west of Polokwane. It covers 22,2 km² — number 14 by size of the 15 Limpopo areas with a recorded size.
Heritage and fossil sitesLimpopopart of UNESCO World Heritage Sitenational heritage site of South Africa
22,2km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
41 kmsouth-west of Polokwane
Facts
- Type
- Protected heritage site (archaeological site, paleontological site)
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Waterberg
- Local municipality
- Mogalakwena
- Size
- 22,2 km² · 2 220 ha
- Rank by size
- 68 of 115 nationally · 14 in Limpopo
- Designations
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, national heritage site of South Africa
- Part of
- Cradle of Humankind
- Coordinates
- -24.1586, 29.1769
- Nearest large town
- Polokwane, 41 km south-west
- Wikipedia articles
- 19 languages
Sources: Wikidata Q2071706 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Percy Fyfe Nature ReserveNature reserve15 km north
- Mokopane Biodiversity Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary16 km west
- Kuschke Nature ReserveNature reserve25 km north-east
- Doorndraai Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve46 km south-west
Entabeni Game ReserveGame reserve55 km west
Nylsvley Nature ReserveNature reserve74 km south-west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Makapansgat
2 mammal and 3 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.