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Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa

Multiple Locations (3)
ID Name & Location State Party Coordinates Property Buffer Zone
915bis-001 Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs South Africa S25 55 45.00
E27 47 20.00
25,000 ha 28,000 ha
915bis-002 Makapan Valley South Africa S24 9 31.00
E29 10 37.00
2,220.0496 ha 55,000 ha
915bis-003 Taung Skull Fossil Site South Africa S27 37 10.00
E24 37 59.00
158.7429 ha 3,387 ha
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