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The Cape Fold Belt is a fold and thrust belt of late Paleozoic age, which affected the sequence of sedimentary rock layers of the Cape Supergroup in the southwestern corner of South Africa. [1] It was originally continuous with the Ventana Mountains near Bahía Blanca in Argentina , the Pensacola Mountains (East Antarctica), the Ellsworth ...
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 2,247 m (7,372 ft) [3] 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.
Eastern Cape: Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Langeberg: Long Mountains: Western Cape: 2,075 m (6,808 ft) Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Langkloof Mountains: Long Valley/Gap Mountains: Western Cape: Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Lebombo Mountains: Big nose (in Zulu) from KwaZulu-Natal to Limpopo: Magaliesberg: Mogale's Mountain: North ...
The Kogelberg is a range of mountains along the False Bay coast in the Western Cape of South Africa. They form part of the Cape Fold Belt, starting south of the Elgin valley and forming a steep coastal range as far as Kleinmond. The Kogelberg area has the steepest and highest drop directly into the ocean of any southern African coastal stretch.
The formation of the Cape Fold Belt is the result of a collision of tectonic plates that ended over 200 million years ago The accumulated strata of the Cape Supergroup and the older granites and Malmesbury group were raised and deformed by the pressure of the South American, Antarctic and African continental plates slowly moving together. The ...
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The Riviersonderend Mountains are a mountain range in the Cape Fold Belt of the Western Cape province of South Africa.They run east to west from Riviersonderend to Villiersdorp, separating the Breede River Valley from the Overberg region.
Seweweekspoortpiek (Afrikaans for ‘Seven Weeks Defile Peak’) is a peak in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is the highest mountain in the Cape Fold Belt and the highest point in the Western Cape province. Along with its western neighbour, Du Toits Peak, it qualifies as an Ultra and these are the only two in the country.