Jump to content

Compassberg

Coordinates: 31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E / -31.75722; 24.53944
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Compassberg
Compassberg is located in South Africa
Compassberg
Compassberg
Location in South Africa
Highest point
Elevation2,502 m (8,209 ft)[1]
ListingList of mountains in South Africa
Coordinates31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E / -31.75722; 24.53944
Geography
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 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.

References

[edit]
[edit]
  • "Compassberg". South African Hikes. Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-09-03.
  • Climbing the Compassberg
  • Nieu Bethesda- What to do
  • Compassberg picture from Panoramio