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| Kamiesberg | |
|---|---|
 Goegap Nature Reserve in the Kamiesberge | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Rooiberg Peak |
| Elevation | 1,706 m (5,597 ft) |
| Listing | List of mountain ranges of South Africa |
| Coordinates | 30°05′20″S 17°58′45″E / 30.08889°S 17.97917°E |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 140 km (87 mi) NNW/SSE |
| Width | 40 km (25 mi) ENE/WSW |
| Geography | |
  Kamiesberg Location of the Kamiesberge in the Northern Cape | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Northern Cape |
| Geology | |
| Type of rock | granite and gneiss |
The Kamiesberg or Kamiesberge (Khoikhoi "Th'amies" = "jumble"), is a mountain range of jumbled granite inselbergs or bornhardts dotted over sandy plains and centered on Kamieskroon in Namaqualand in South Africa.[1] This range is very like the Matopos of Zimbabwe in appearance. It stretches for about 140 km (60 mi) from Garies in the south to Springbok in the north and forms a plateau between the Sandveld of the Cape West Coast and Bushmanland in the east, with the Hardveld of the mountainous central Kamiesberg escarpment in the midst.
- ^ Twidale, C. R. (1981). "Granitic Inselbergs: Domed, Block-Strewn and Castellated". The Geographical Journal. 147 (1): 54–71. Bibcode:1981GeogJ.147...54T. doi:10.2307/633409. JSTOR 633409.