Matroosberg
Sign in to saveMatroosberg (Afrikaans for 'Sailor Mountain') is a peak in the South African Hex River Mountains, which belong to the Cape Fold Belt. With a height of above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Cape Winelands District Municipality. The mountain is located in the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in mountain_scale, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Mountains of the Western Cape and Use South African English from September 2019.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Country
- South Africa
- Located in
- Cape Winelands District Municipality
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Matroosberg (Afrikaans for 'Sailor Mountain') is a peak in the South African Hex River Mountains, which belong to the Cape Fold Belt. With a height of above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Cape Winelands District Municipality. The mountain is located in the Witzenberg Local Municipality in the Western Cape.
The mountain got its name because a rock formation below the summit is said to resemble a sailor next to their ship when viewed from the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matroosberg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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