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Bamboesberg
The Bamboesberg from highway R56 between Steynsburg and Molteno
Highest point
PeakAasvoëlberg
Elevation2,208 m (7,244 ft)
Geography
Bamboesberg is located in South Africa
Bamboesberg
Bamboesberg
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceEastern Cape
Parent rangeStormberg Mountains
Geology
OrogenyKaapvaal craton
Age of rockNeoarchean to early Paleoproterozoic
Type of rockBushveld igneous complex, sandstone
Positions at the Battle of Stormberg, 10 December 1899

The Bamboesberg is a mountain range in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This range was named for the bamboo Thamnocalamus tessellatus growing in its ravines.[1]

The Bamboesberg is an outlier of the Stormberg Mountains and part of the range is seen parallel to and east of the road linking Hofmeyr and Tarkastad. Some of its peaks are over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) – Aasvoëlberg, 35 km west of Sterkstroom, rises to 7,245 feet (2,208 m). The Stormbergspruit is a tributary of the Orange River.

The rocks are composed of sediments of the Stormberg Series of the Karoo System.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Raper, Peter E. (1987). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Internet Archive. p. 68. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
  2. ^ Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa - vol 2
  3. ^ Preliminary overview of mountains in South Africa