The Kalahari Craton is a craton, an old and stable part of the continental lithosphere, occupying large portions of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. It consists of two sections divided by the Limpopo Belt, the larger Kaapvaal Craton to the south and the smaller Zimbabwe Craton to the north, with the Namaqua Belt marking the Kaapvaal Craton's southern boundary; related fragments of the same ancient crust are also recognized in Antarctica, as the Grunehogna Craton in East Antarctica and the Haag Nunataks in West Antarctica, and in the Falkland Islands. The name was established by the geologist T. N. Clifford in 1970.
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