List of mountain ranges of South Africa

This is a list of mountain ranges of South Africa.

Physiography The list includes chains of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. Some ranges in South Africa are relatively isolated, while others are physiographically part of larger geographical ranges such as the Drakensberg.

Geology Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology; for example, in the Witwatersrand there is Pilanesberg, a mountain having a different orogeny from the main range and its subranges.Pilanesberg, South Africa

Geologically, many ranges are part of the Cape Fold Belt system, a wide geological system that also includes the Drakensberg.

List of mountain ranges of South Africa

Name of Range English translation Location Length (km) Highest elevation (m) Remarks Amatola Mountains (also known as Knysna-Amatola) Calves (in Xhosa) Eastern Cape, Western Cape Asbestos Mountainsnamed for minerals minedNorthern Cape BalelesbergeBalele MountainsKwaZulu-Natal Bamboesbergnamed for Thamnocalamus tessellatusEastern Cape An outlier of the Drakensberg Mountains BankbergBank Mountains Eastern Cape Baviaanskloof bergeBaboon's Gorge Mountains Eastern Cape BloubergBlue MountainsLimpopo BronbergeSource/Well MountainsGauteng Cederberg Ceder MountainsWestern Cape Drakensberg called Maloti Mountains in LesothoDragons Mountains Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal This range is made up of the "High Berg" basalt range, and the "Small Berg" sandstone range. DrakensteinDragons stone MountainsWestern Cape 1,590 m (5,220 ft)Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Du ToitskloofDu Toit's CanyonWestern Cape 1,995 m (6,545 ft)Part of the Cape Fold Belt system GatsrandHole RidgeGauteng Groot SwartbergeGreat Black MountainsWestern Cape Groot WinterhoekbergeGreat Winter Corner MountainsWestern Cape Hawekwa BergeHawequa Mountains - Khoi word meaning "the man in the mountain"Western Cape North of the Du Toitskloof Range. Part of the Cape Fold Belt System Hex River MountainsWitch River MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Hottentots-Holland(Hottentot: old name for Khoi aboriginal inhabitants) Western Cape 1,590 m (5,220 ft)Part of the Cape Fold Belt systemKammanassiebergeKammanassie MountainsWestern Cape 1,995 m (6,545 ft) KamiesbergeJumbled MountainsNorthern Cape 1,706 m (5,597 ft) KareebergeKaroo MountainsWestern Cape Kleinrivier MountainsSmall River MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system KogelbergBullet, or cone-shaped MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Komsberg Rough mountain (in Khoekhoen) Eastern Cape Part of the Drakensberg system Koranna Mountains named after a tribe Northwest Kouebokkeveld MountainsCold Bucks Field MountainsWestern Cape Kouga Mountains named after the Kouga River (‘hippos’) Eastern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system LangebergLong MountainsWestern Cape 2,075 m (6,808 ft)Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Langkloof MountainsLong Valley/Gap MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Lebombo Mountains Big nose (in Zulu) from KwaZulu-Natal to Limpopo MagaliesbergMogale's Mountain North West Murchison Range named after a prospector Limpopo NuweveldbergeNew Field MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Drakensberg system Olifants River MountainsElephant's River Mountains Western Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Onverwacht seriesUnexpected MountainsLimpopo OuteniquaThey who bear honey, Mountains Western Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system PiketbergPicket MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system RietfonteinrandReed Fountain RidgeGauteng Riviersonderend MountainsRiver without end MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Roggeveld MountainsRye Field Mountains Northern Cape RooibergRed Mountains Rooiberg SimonsbergSimon's MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system SkurwebergeRough or scaly MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system SneeubergeSnow MountainsEastern Cape Soutpansberg Saltpan Mountain Limpopo Steenkampsberg Steenkamp's Mountain Mpumalanga StettynsbergeStettyn's MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Stormberg MountainsStorm MountainsEastern Cape Part of the Drakensberg system Strydpoort MountainsBattle Gate MountainsLimpopo SuikerbosrandSugar Bush RidgeGauteng SuurbergSour MountainsEastern Cape Part of the Drakensberg system SwartbergBlack Mountains Western Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Table Mountain Group a mesa (tableland) Western Cape Tsitsikamma MountainsPlace of Much Water Mountains Eastern Cape and Western Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system Waterberg [Rooiberg] (Waterberge)Water Mountain Massif (Water Mountains)Limpopo WinterbergWinter MountainsEastern Cape Winterhoek Winter Corner MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system WitfonteinrandWhite Fountain RidgeNorth West WittebergeWhite MountainsFree State WitwatersbergWhite Water MountainsGauteng WitwatersrandWhite Waters RidgeGauteng280 WolkbergCloud MountainsLimpopo Part of the Drakensberg system ZuurbergeSour, acid or acidic MountainsWestern Cape Part of the Cape Fold Belt system

See also Geography of South Africa List of mountains in South Africa Kaapvaal craton

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