Kamiesberge

Kamiesberg
Goegap Nature Reserve in the Kamiesberge
Highest point
PeakRooiberg Peak
Elevation1,706 m (5,597 ft)
ListingList of mountain ranges of South Africa
Coordinates30°05′20″S 17°58′45″E / 30.08889°S 17.97917°E / -30.08889; 17.97917
Dimensions
Length140 km (87 mi) NNW/SSE
Width40 km (25 mi) ENE/WSW
Geography
Kamiesberg is located in Northern Cape
Kamiesberg
Kamiesberg
Location of the Kamiesberge in the Northern Cape
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorthern Cape
Geology
Type of rockgranite and gneiss

The Kamiesberg or Kamiesberge (Khoikhoi "Th'amies" = "jumble"), is a mountain range of jumbled granite inselbergs or bornhardts dotted over sandy plains and centered on Kamieskroon in Namaqualand in South Africa.[1] This range is very like the Matopos of Zimbabwe in appearance. It stretches for about 140 km (60 mi) from Garies in the south to Springbok in the north and forms a plateau between the Sandveld of the Cape West Coast and Bushmanland in the east, with the Hardveld of the mountainous central Kamiesberg escarpment in the midst.

  1. ^ Twidale, C. R. (1981). "Granitic Inselbergs: Domed, Block-Strewn and Castellated". The Geographical Journal. 147 (1): 54–71. Bibcode:1981GeogJ.147...54T. doi:10.2307/633409. JSTOR 633409.