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
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.

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

  • Kompasberg prominence
  • 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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