Compassberg | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,502 m (8,209 ft)[1] |
Listing | List of mountains in South Africa |
Coordinates | 31°45′26″S 24°32′22″E / 31.75722°S 24.53944°E |
Geography | |
Location | Eastern Cape |
Parent range | Sneeuberge |
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 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.[citation needed]
The mountain is composed of sediments of the Beaufort Series in the Karoo System, and extensively intruded by dolerite dikes and sills.