Modern Human Origins, South Africa
Also known as The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (iii), (iv), (v).
Region
Africa
South Africa
Inscribed
2024
List reference
1723
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Modern Human Origins, South Africa is about 40 km north of Durban. The nearest other World Heritage site is Maloti-Drakensberg Park, about 160 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Durban · about 2,729,000 peopleabout 40 km south
- Pietermaritzburg · about 751,000 peopleabout 70 km west
- Ulundi · about 21,000 peopleabout 140 km north
- Port Shepstone · about 53,000 peopleabout 150 km south-west
- Ladysmith · about 47,000 peopleabout 170 km north-west
- Vryheid · about 150,000 peopleabout 200 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Lesotho, South AfricaMixed164 km away
South AfricaNatural236 km away
South AfricaNatural469 km away
South AfricaCultural507 km away
South AfricaCultural519 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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