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Macabre sites in South Africa

South Africa has 15 macabre sites on Detourmap — catacombs, ossuaries, burial grounds and the sites of disasters. The best known is Big Hole. All of them are below.

Macabre sites
15
Of archaeological
15 of 27
Little known
11 of 15
Oldest
Big Hole 1871

Questions about this page

How many macabre sites are there in South Africa?

15 on this map, out of 27 archaeological & historic sites in South Africa. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.

What is the best known macabre site in South Africa?

Big Hole. Open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa.

Which macabre sites in South Africa are the least visited?

11 of the 15 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

Macabre sites elsewhere

United States440 United Kingdom195 Australia81 Germany79 Italy78 Poland68 France56 Russia55 Spain53 Canada36 Japan32 Czech Republic25

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