• Approximately 220 000 years ago, a meteor collided with the earth, creating what we now know to be the Tswaing Crater. ... Brilliant Boutique Hotels in Pretoria.
  • Etymology[edit]. 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...
  • ...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.
  • 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 220,000 years ago with...
  • 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.
  • Old Soutpan Road, M35, 24 Miles North of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 0146. +27 12 790 2302. tswaing@nchm.co.za. "Place Where a Meteorite Struck".
  • 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.
  • If you’re a fan of impact sites (and who isn’t?) you simply must visit the Tswaing Meteorite Crater, north of Pretoria. ... The Tswaing Crater near Pretoria.
  • Visit The Tswaing/Soutpan Meteor Crater. Forty kilometers north of Pretoria lies a ring of hills a kilometer in diameter and 100 meters high.
  • Tswaing Crater and Pretoria A walk around and into a young, beautifully preserved meteor impact crater, follwed by a visit to the city.
  • 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...