- Soutpansberg
The Soutpansberg (previously Zoutspansberg) meaning "Salt Pan Mountain" in Afrikaans, is a range of
mountain s in the far north ofSouth Africa . It is named for the salt pan (Venda: Letshoyang, or "place of salt") coord|22|58|S|29|20|E| located at its western end. The mountain reaches the opposite extremity coord|22|58|S|30|20|E| in the Matikwa Nature Reserve, some convert|107|km|mi|0 due east. The mountain is intersected by two defiles, the Waterpoort in the west, containing the Sand River and railway line, and Wyllie's Poort, which allows N1 road traffic fromLouis Trichardt toMusina .The first white person to reach, and name, the mountain was
Coenraad de Buys , a colonist who fled from Graaff Reinet after a failed rebellion in 1795. He settled near the mountain in 1820 and was the patriarch of a half-caste clan, the "Buysvolk" or Buys People, who are still to be found near the mountain. Buys was followed by voortrekkerLouis Tregardt who sojourned at the salt pan from May to August 1836.Gallery
External links
* [http://about-south-africa.com/html/soutpansberg.html The Soutpansberg]
* [http://www.soutpansberg.com/ Soutpansberg]ee also
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