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- People have been living at Tswaing crater for more than 100,000 years but only in 1990 it was proved that this is impact crater.
- 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 result was the Tswaing Meteorite Crater, just over one kilometer in diameter, now a spectacular natural wonder with a salt lake at its heart.
- Tswaing Crater is an impact crater in South Africa accompanied by a museum. It is located 40 km northwest of Pretoria.
- Tswaing (meaning ‘place of salt’ in seTswana) is quite a young crater with a simple, bowl-shaped structure, similar in size and shape to Meteor Crater in Arizona.
- 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.
- Geology of Tswaing Igneous Rocks: The most common rock type at the Tswaing crater and in the surrounding region is the Nebo Granite.
- The Tswaing Crater and the surrounding area consists predominantly of the pinkish Nebo Granite, which is the main granite type of the Bushveld Complex.
