• Memorial to Eugene Merle Shoemaker who showed that craters such as Tswaing are formed by impact. Tswaing (Tswana for "place of salt"...
  • 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.
  • Among the 165 known terrestrial meteorite impact craters in the world, the Tswaing Crater is exceptional due to its excellent state of conservation and...
  • In geological terms, the Tswaing Crater represents one of the youngest and best-preserved small bowl-shaped meteorite impact craters in the world.
  • 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 is an impact crater in South Africa accompanied by a museum. It is located 40 km northwest of Pretoria.
  • 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 with the saline lake in it, South Africa. ... Only the data from boreholes in 1989 – 1990 proved the impact origin of the Tswaing crater.
  • The Tswaing Crater and the surrounding area consists predominantly of the pinkish Nebo Granite, which is the main granite type of the Bushveld Complex.