• Memorial to Eugene Merle Shoemaker who showed that craters such as Tswaing are formed by impact. Tswaing (Tswana for "place of salt"...
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  • Tswaing, meaning “place of salt” in the Setswana language, is an ancient impact crater outside the metropolis of Pretoria in South Africa’s Gauteng province.
  • In geological terms, the Tswaing Crater represents one of the youngest and best-preserved small bowl-shaped meteorite impact craters in the world.
  • On a cold winter's morning, we decided to hike the Tswaing Impact Crater, 40km North of Pretoria, where a stony meteorite hit the earth 220...
  • Africa's Impact Structures: Tswaing (Pretoria Saltpan) Location: South Africa. ... Tswaing crater taken from rim. The other rim is the hillside in the distance.
  • The hiking trail at the Tswaing Crater is fairly easy and takes walkers along the outskirts of the massive crater, and then down to the scenic lake in its bowl.
  • Visit The Tswaing/Soutpan Meteor Crater. Forty kilometers north of Pretoria lies a ring of hills a kilometer in diameter and 100 meters high.
  • Today, Tswaing, meaning Place of Salt in Setswana, is a 1946-hectare conservation area in Gauteng, some 40 km northwest of Central Pretoria.
  • The Tswaing Crater near Pretoria. It is also well-preserved, offering an enlightening counterpoint to the more obscure Vredefort Dome structure.
  • Located about 40km northwest of Pretoria, Tswaing is a 1 946 hectare conservation area that is home to a meteorite impact crater and surrounding wetland, as well...
  • The Tswaing Crater was formerly known as the Pretoria Salt Pan. For many years it was considered to be a volcanic cone with a sunken floor containing a soda lake.