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Geologic Formation Attractions In Free State

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The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Boer republic called Orange Free State and later Orange Free State Province.
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Free State

  • 1. Vredefort Dome Parys
    The Vredefort crater is the largest verified impact crater on Earth, more than 300 kilometres across when it was formed. What remains of it is located in the present-day Free State province of South Africa and named after the town of Vredefort, which is situated near its centre. Although the crater itself has long since eroded away, the remaining geological structures at its centre are known as the Vredefort Dome or Vredefort impact structure. The crater is estimated to be 2.023 billion years old , with impact being in the Paleoproterozoic Era. It is the second-oldest-known crater on Earth. In 2005, the Vredefort Dome was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites for its geologic interest.
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  • 2. Amphitheatre Phuthaditjhaba
    The Amphitheatre is one of the geographical features of the Northern Drakensberg, South Africa, and is widely regarded as one of the most impressive cliff faces on earth. The cliff face of the Amphitheatre is roughly three times the size of the total combined area of all the cliff faces in Yosemite's famous El Capitan, and more than 10 times the size of El Capitan's most famous face. It is part of the Royal Natal National Park. The Amphitheatre is over 5 kilometres in length and has precipitous cliffs rising approximately 1,220 metres along its entire length. The bottom of the valley floor, from where many photographs of the mountain structure are taken, is over 1,830 metres below the highest point of the amphitheatre . The Tugela Falls, the world's second tallest falls, plunge over 948 me...
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