Compassberg
Template:Short description Template:Use South African English Template:Infobox mountain Compassberg (Template:Langx), 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The mountain is composed of sediments of the Beaufort Series in the Karoo System, and extensively intruded by dolerite dikes and sills.
Gallery
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Kompasberg prominence
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Burchell's illustration of Kompasberg
References
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External links
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- Climbing the Compassberg
- Nieu Bethesda- What to do
- Compassberg picture from Panoramio