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Big Hole

open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa
Place Diamond Mine Q19040

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
Tagebaurestloch, mine[3]
Inception
1871[4]
Official website
www.thebighole.co.za[5]
Nickname
Kimberley Mine[7]

Location

Country
South Africa[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -28.739°, 24.759°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Kimberley[1]

Population and size

Area
+0.17[10]
Elevation above sea level
+1186[9]
Length
+0.463[8]
More facts +4
Perimeter
+1.6[11]
Product or material produced
diamond
Total produced
+2722[6]
Vertical depth
+215[12]
🏷️ Also known as
en Big Hole en Kimberley Mine en Open Mine en Tim Kuilmine ar بيج هول de The Big Hole fa چاله بزرگ fa چالهٔ بزرگ he החור הגדול hu Big Hole hu Kimberley Mine hu Nagy Lyuk id Big Hole id Lubang Besar ja ビッグホール nl Die Groot Gat pl Wielka dziura pt Big Hole pt Mina de Kimberley ru Большая дыра
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Open pit mine.jpg ↗
Atlas Obscura place ID
big-hole-and-open-mine-museum
Freebase ID
/m/0d5x33
GeoNames ID
6940506
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Kimberley_Mine, Big_Hole
Wikimapia ID
1278456
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
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Bronze
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🔗 Connections
Country 1
South Africa
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Kimberley
Product or material produced 1
diamond
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Kimberley South Africa

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  1. 17w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → diamond
    Length → 0.463 kilometre
    Country → South Africa
    Elevation above sea level → 1,186 metre
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40510: diamond mine,diamond"
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