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Image number: 105
Feature : diamond mine 'Big hole'
Grouping : mining & energy
Discipline : economy, welfare and health
Year : 1995
Locality : Kimberley
Country : South-Africa
Region - tribe : Kimberley
Physiographic region : South-East Africa
Notice : Open pit mine, left behind. Claimed to be the largest hand-made cavity on earth
Reference : Coolsaet, Dirk,   1995    Image 105.   In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic"