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Rising Star Cave

The Rising Star cave system (also known as Westminster or Empire cave) is located in the Malmani dolomites, in Bloubank River valley.
Landform Cave Q16899337

Facts

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Identity

Instance of
cave

Location

Country
South Africa[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -26.020°, 27.709°[4]
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Part of
Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs[3]
Coordinates
🗺️ -26.020°, 27.709°
🏷️ Also known as
en Empire Cave en Rising Star Cave ar كهف رايزينغ ستار de Rising-Star-Höhle es Cueva Rising Star fa غار ستاره رو به اوج fr grottes de Rising Star id Gua Rising Star it Grotta Rising Star ja ライジングスター洞窟 nl Rising Stargrotten pl Rising Star (jaskinia) pt Caverna Império pt Caverna Westminster pt Sistema de Cavernas Estrela Ascendente uk Райзінг Стар (печера) vi Hang động Rising Star zh 升星岩洞
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rising star cave exploration (14054047275).jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0zg520x
NL CR AUT ID
ge1270568

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Country 1
South Africa
Instance of 1
cave
Named after 1
Homo naledi
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Summary

Rising Star Cave is a cave[1].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Rising Star Cave include Homo naledi[5], a fossil taxon[6].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include Homo naledi[5], a fossil taxon[6].

Related Entities

South Africa

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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