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This is a list of publicly accessible, motorable passes in the North West Province, South Africa. See Mountain Passes of South Africa Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
The Pilanesberg (formerly Pilandsberg [2] [3]) is a mountain in the North West Province, South Africa. The mountain is an ancient volcanic structure, circular in shape, that rises from flat surrounding plains. It is formed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills, of which the outermost has a diameter of about 24 km.
Table Mountain. List of Mountains in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini is a general list of mountains in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini with elevation. This list includes mountains in two other sovereign states, in the Stormberg-Drakensberg range, where the highest elevations are to be found in Lesotho, as well as Emlembe, the highest mountain in Eswatini, located at the border with South ...
North West was incorporated after the end of apartheid in 1994, and includes parts of the former Transvaal Province and Cape Province, as well as most of the former bantustan of Bophuthatswana. It was the scene of political violence in Khutsong , Merafong City Local Municipality in 2006 and 2007, after cross-province municipalities were ...
The first European explorers who came to the area recorded the mountains being called the "Cashan" or "Kashan" mountains. This was a corruption of the name of a powerful chief of the BaKwena ba Mmatau whose name was Kgwasane wa Sekano (Kgwasane, son of Sekano). [5] In the mid-1800s the mountain range became known as Magaliesberg (lit.
Great Black Mountains: Western Cape: Groot Winterhoekberge: Great Winter Corner Mountains: Western Cape: Hawekwa Berge: Hawequa Mountains - Khoi word meaning "the man in the mountain" Western Cape: North of the Du Toitskloof Range. Part of the Cape Fold Belt System Hex River Mountains: Witch River Mountains: Western Cape: Part of the Cape Fold ...
Kgaswane Mountain Reserve is a nature reserve of 5,300 hectares (13,000 acres) consisting of veld and mountains run by the North West Parks and Tourism Board.It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) south-west of Rustenburg on the northern slopes of the Magaliesberg, inside of the Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve and alongside the western portion of the Magaliesberg Protected Natural Environment.
Rank Province Highest point Elevation Coordinates 1: KwaZulu-Natal: Mafadi: 3,451 m (11,322 ft) 2: Free State: Namahadi Peak: 3,274 m (10,741 ft) 3: Eastern Cape