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| Image number: | 1291 |
| Feature : | diamond mine 'Big hole' |
| Grouping : | mining & energy |
| Discipline : | economy, welfare and health |
| Year : | 1999 |
| Locality : | Kimberley |
| Country : | South-Africa |
| Region - tribe : | Northern Cape |
| Physiographic region : | Vaal & Orange River basin |
| Notice : | notice Open pit mine, left behind. Claimed to be the largest hand-made cavity on earth. Habitation very near to the pit. |
| Reference : | Moeyersons, Jan, 1999 Image 1291. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |