Compassberg
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| Compassberg | |
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 Compassberg
Location in South Africa
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| Listing | List of mountains in South Africa |
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| Location | Eastern Cape |
| Parent range | Sneeuberge |
Compassberg (Afrikaans: Kompasberg), is a mountain peak of the Sneeuberge range in South Africa. It is located 55 km due north of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape Province. At 2504 metres, it is the highest peak in South Africa outside the Stormberg-Drakensberg massif. It was named by Colonel Robert Jacob Gordon when he accompanied Governor Joachim van Plettenberg on a journey to the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony in 1778.[citation needed]
The mountain is composed of sediments of the Beaufort Series in the Karoo System, and extensively intruded by dolerite dikes and sills.
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- Climbing the Compassberg
- Nieu Bethesda- What to do
- Compassberg picture from Panoramio
