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- The Setswana word ‘Tswaing’ translates to ‘the place of salt’ and the crater is alternatively known as the Saltpan (Soutpan). ... Brilliant Boutique Hotels in Pretoria.
- 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.
- The name Tswaing means "place of salt" in Tswana and the crater was also formerly known in English as the Pretoria Saltpan crater and in Afrikaans as...
- "Place Where a Meteorite Struck". The first eco-museum in South Africa, Tswaing is situated 40 kilometres north-west of Pretoria.
- 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...
- ...crater museums in the world (the others are in the US, Germany and France) the Tswaing Crater and its museum lie roughly 40 kilometres north of Pretoria.
- Around Pretoria Close to the ground. ... Tswaing Crater and Museum. off of Old Soutpan Rd/M35 012-790-2302 entrance: R15; guided tour: 3 hrs, R80.
- Geology of Tswaing Igneous Rocks: The most common rock type at the Tswaing crater and in the surrounding region is the Nebo Granite.
- Tswaing Crater, 40 km north of Pretoria, is a bowl-shaped crater 1.13km in diameter and 100 metres deep that was formed by a stone meteorite 220 000 years ago.
- Tswaing Crater and Pretoria A walk around and into a young, beautifully preserved meteor impact crater, follwed by a visit to the city.
- We took a courier taxi from Pretoria up to the Tswaing Crater site. While the driver was unsure if he could get into the site as a trael courier, there was no problem...
- In geological terms, the Tswaing Crater represents one of the youngest and best-preserved small bowl-shaped meteorite impact craters in the world.
