Seweweekspoortpiek
| Seweweekspoortpiek | ||
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| height | 2325 m | |
| location | South Africa | |
| Mountains | Swartberg mountains in the cape fold belt | |
| Coordinates | 33 ° 23 '54 " S , 21 ° 22' 3" E | |
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The Seweweekspoortpiek is a mountain in the Western Cape Province , South Africa . At 2,325 meters, it forms the highest peak of the Little Swartberge and thus the entire mountain formation of the Cape Fold Belt . Together with its western neighbor, Du Toits Peak , it has a notch height of over 1500 meters, making it the highest in the Western Cape. The Seweweekspoortpiek is part of the Cape Floral and belongs to since 2004 UNESCO - World Heritage . In the 1950s, the sugar bush Protea aristata , considered extinct, is said to have been rediscovered on the mountain .
East of the summit, the Seweweekspoort mountain pass connects the Little Karoo with the Great Karoo . The pass can be negotiated by car on an unpaved route. It was built between 1859 and 1862, initially by Italian prisoners. Along the route, phases of discordant superimposition of sedimentary rock layers such as siltstones and claystones as well as Grauwacken of the older Malmesbury group can be discovered.
About 15 kilometers southwest (as the crow flies) is the small town of Ladismith , which belongs to the municipality of Kannaland in the Garden Route district. To the east of the summit is the Towerkop nature reserve .
See also
List of mountains and elevations in South Africa
Individual evidence
- ^ World Atlas - the Mountains of the World: Swartberg - Zwartberg
- ↑ AFRICA ULTRA-PROMINENCES, 84 Mountains with prominence of 1,500m (4,921 ft.) Or greater
- ↑ FACTS ABOUT THE POORT
- ↑ Seweweekspoort Peak, South Africa (on Peakbagger.com)