Compassberg

Compassberg

Compassberg or Kompasberg, is a mountain peak 55 km due north of Graaff-Reinet in the Cape Province of South Africa, and forming part of the Sneeuberge. 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.

Coordinates: 31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E / -31.75722; 24.53944

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