Vredefort Dome

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UNESCO World Heritage Site geological formation impact structure meteorite impact crater

Vredefort Dome is the world’s largest and oldest known impact crater, located in South Africa and formed by a massive meteorite strike over two billion years ago.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Vredefort Dome canonical	4
Vredefort	2
Vredefort impact structure	2
Vredefort Dome UNESCO World Heritage Site	1
Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site core area	1
Vredefort impact structure basement	1
Vredefort impact structure region	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ geological formation ⓘ impact structure ⓘ meteorite impact crater ⓘ
activities	hiking ⓘ river rafting on the Vaal River ⓘ rock climbing ⓘ
age	approximately 2.023 billion years ⓘ over 2 billion years ⓘ
contains	central uplift of impact structure ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
diameter	about 300 kilometers ⓘ
formedBy	asteroid impact ⓘ meteorite impact ⓘ
geologicalPeriod	Paleoproterozoic Era ⓘ surface form: Paleoproterozoic
hasFeature	pseudotachylite veins ⓘ radial and concentric fracture patterns ⓘ shatter cones ⓘ
impactEffects	formation of central uplift ⓘ melting of crustal rocks ⓘ regional crustal deformation ⓘ
impactEnergy	extremely high-energy event ⓘ
impactorEstimatedDiameter	about 10 to 15 kilometers ⓘ
knownFor	evidence of shock metamorphism ⓘ exceptional geological features ⓘ multi-ring impact basin structure ⓘ
largestOfType	largest known impact structure on Earth ⓘ
locatedIn	Free State ⓘ surface form: Free State province
locatedNear	Parys ⓘ town of Vredefort ⓘ
nearRiver	Vaal River ⓘ
oldestOfType	one of the oldest known impact structures on Earth ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn	North West Province ⓘ surface form: North West province
partOf	Vredefort Dome self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vredefort impact structure
recognizedAs	type locality for large impact structures ⓘ
recognizedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
rockTypes	gneiss ⓘ granite ⓘ greenstone ⓘ quartzite ⓘ
scientificDiscipline	impact cratering studies ⓘ planetary geology ⓘ structural geology ⓘ
tourism	geotourism destination ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	criterion (vii) ⓘ criterion (viii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2005 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1162 ⓘ
usedFor	study of early Earth crustal evolution ⓘ study of large impact processes ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Africa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

Vredefort Dome → partOf → Vredefort Dome self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vredefort impact structure

town of Vredefort → near → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

subject surface form: Vredefort

town of Vredefort → partOf → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

subject surface form: Vredefort

this entity surface form: Vredefort impact structure region

town of Vredefort → hasNearbyProtectedArea → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

subject surface form: Vredefort

this entity surface form: Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site core area

town of Vredefort → UNESCOWorldHeritagePropertyNearby → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

subject surface form: Vredefort

Parys → locatedNear → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vredefort impact structure

Parys → locatedNear → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vredefort Dome UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kaapvaal Craton → contains → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vredefort impact structure basement

Ngwathe Local Municipality → administers → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vredefort

Ngwathe Local Municipality Council → hasJurisdictionOver → Vredefort Dome ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vredefort