Compassberg

Compassberg
Kompasberg
Highest point
Elevation2,502 m (8,209 ft)[1]
Prominence1,012 m (3,320 ft)[2]
ListingList of mountains in South Africa
Coordinates31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E / -31.75722; 24.53944
Naming
Native nameKompasberg
Geography
Compassberg is located in South Africa
Compassberg
Compassberg
Location in South Africa
LocationEastern Cape
Parent rangeSneeuberge

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 2502 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.

  • Kompasberg prominence
    Kompasberg prominence
  • Burchell's illustration of Kompasberg
    Burchell's illustration of Kompasberg

References

  1. ^ Compassberg Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "World Ribus – Southern Africa". World Ribus. Retrieved 2024-12-26.

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