South Africa - Barberton Makhonjwa Mountain

"Situated in north-eastern South Africa, the site comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the world’s oldest geological structures. The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains represents the best-preserved succession of volcanic and sedimentary rock dating back 3.6 to 3.25 billion years, when the first continents were starting to form on the primitive Earth. It features meteor-impact fallback breccias resulting from the impact of meteorites formed just after the Great Bombardment (4.6 to 3.8 billion years ago)."

Source: UNESCO World Heritage

Barbeton Makhonjwa Mountains postcard - printed not in country of orign. Still looking a tourist postcard of this site, written stamped South Africa. Received in October 2018.



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