Compassberg

Compassberg
Compassberg
Location in South Africa
Highest point
Elevation 2,502 m (8,209 ft) [1]
Listing List of mountains in South Africa
Coordinates 31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E / -31.75722; 24.53944Coordinates: 31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E / -31.75722; 24.53944 
Geography
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.

The mountain is composed of sediments of the Beaufort Series in the Karoo System, and extensively intruded by dolerite dikes and sills.

References

  1. ↑ Compassberg Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine.
  • "Compassberg". South African Hikes. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  • Climbing the Compassberg
  • Nieu Bethesda- What to do
  • Compassberg picture from Panoramio
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