Vredefort crater

Summary

Vredefort crater is an impact crater^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.44% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (444 views/month, #5 of 1,147).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vredefort crater is located in Free State^[3].
• Vredefort crater is located in North West^[4].
• Vredefort crater is in the country of South Africa^[5].
• Vredefort crater's image is recorded as Aasvoelkop.jpg^[6].
• Vredefort crater's instance of is recorded as impact crater^[7].
• Vredefort crater's instance of is recorded as hill^[8].
• Vredefort is named after Vredefort crater^[9].
• Vredefort crater's locator map image is recorded as Map of Vredefort dome.jpg^[10].
• Vredefort crater's Commons category is recorded as Vredefort Dome^[11].
• Vredefort crater's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 12754629^[12].
• Vredefort crater's said to be the same as is recorded as Vredefort Impact Crater^[13].
• Vredefort crater's has part is recorded as Vredefort Dome core area^[14].
• Vredefort crater's has part is recorded as Stromatolite/basal fault plane site^[15].
• Vredefort crater's has part is recorded as Chocolate tablet breccia site^[16].
• Vredefort crater's has part is recorded as Pseudotachylite (quarry) site^[17].
• Vredefort crater's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Vredefort crater's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -27, 'lon': 27.5}^[19].
• Vredefort crater's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26.816666666667, 'lon': 27.416666666667}^[20].
• Vredefort crater's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bvtz^[21].
• Vredefort crater's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1162^[22].
• Vredefort crater's Meteoritical Bulletin Database ID is recorded as 35326^[23].
• Vredefort crater's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vredefort Dome^[24].
• Vredefort crater's Commons gallery is recorded as Vredefort^[25].
• Vredefort crater's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Vredefort-Dome^[26].
• Vredefort crater's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[27].

Body

Geography

Vredefort crater is in the country of South Africa^[5]. Located in include Free State^[3], a province of South Africa^[28], in South Africa^[29], founded in 1994^[30] and North West^[4], a province of South Africa^[31], in South Africa^[32], founded in 1994^[33].

Physical Characteristics

Vredefort crater's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+30000'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include impact crater^[7] and hill^[8]. Vredefort crater's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[27].

History and Context

Vredefort is named after Vredefort crater^[9].

Why It Matters

Vredefort crater ranks in the top 0.44% of impact_crater entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (444 views/month, #5 of 1,147).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]