Stormberg Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Coordinates | 31°26′51″S 26°43′3″E / 31.44750°S 26.71750°E |
Geography | |
Country | South Africa |
Province | Eastern Cape |
Geology | |
Orogeny | Kaapvaal craton |
Rock age | Neoarchean to early Paleoproterozoic |
Rock type(s) | Bushveld igneous complex, sandstone |
The Stormberg is a range of mountains situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, are an easterly extension of the Bamboesberge and form an outlier of the greater Drakensberg mountain range. They form part of the 'Amatola and Stormberg' region which includes major towns like Grahamstown, East London and Port Alfred. Towns in the Stormberg Mountains include Sterkstroom, Jamestown, Molteno, Dordrecht, Barkly East, Rhodes and Steynsburg. South Africa's only ski resort, Tiffindell, is also situated in these mountains.