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Grootfontein Destination Guide

Touring Grootfontein in South Africa

Grootfontein in the region of Western Cape is located in South Africa - some 782 mi or ( 1259 km ) South-West of Pretoria , the country's capital city .

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Time in Grootfontein is now 01:37 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Johannesburg " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Cape Town, and Bottelary. Being here already, consider visiting Cape Town . Check out our recommendations for Grootfontein ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.

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Interesting facts about this location

West Coast Fossil Park

The West Coast Fossil Park is a fossil park near Langebaanweg, Western Cape, South Africa, approximately 150 km north of Cape Town. The fossil sites of Langebaanweg have exceptionally well-preserved remains of fossil fauna that date to circa 5.2 million years ago. In this period sea levels were higher and many now extinct animals lived in the riverine forests, wooded savanna and along the sea coast near the present day Langebaanweg site.

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Located at -32.96 18.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Fossil parks, Fossils, Geologic formations, Paleontological sites, Pliocene paleontological sites of Africa, South African heritage resources, South African heritage sites

Saldanha Bay

Saldanha Bay is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa, about 105 kilometres north west of Cape Town. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality in 2000. The current population of the municipality is estimated at 72,000. The place is mentioned in the first edition of John Locke's Two Treatises of Government as an example of the state of nature.

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Located at -33.03 18.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Bays of South Africa, Ports and harbours of South Africa, Ports and harbours of the Atlantic Ocean

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