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Bamboesberg

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Peak
  
Aasvoëlberg

Country
  
South Africa

Parent range
  
Stormberg Mountains

Elevation
  
2,208 m (7,244 ft)

Province
  
Eastern Cape

Orogeny
  
Kaapvaal craton

Bamboesberg

The Bamboesberg is a mountain range in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This range was named for the bamboo Thamnocalamus tessellatus growing in its ravines.

The Bamboesberg is an outlier of the Stormberg Mountains and part of the range is seen parallel to and east of the road linking Hofmeyr and Tarkastad. Some of its peaks are over 6,000 feet (1,800 m) – Aasvoëlberg, 35 km west of Sterkstroom, rises to 7,245 feet (2,208 m). The Stormbergspruit is a tributary of the Orange River.

The rocks are composed of sediments of the Stormberg Series of the Karoo System.

References

Bamboesberg Wikipedia