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.[1]

Bamboesberg
The Bamboesberg from highway R56 between Steynsburg and Molteno
Highest point
Peak	Aasvoëlberg
Elevation	2,208 m (7,244 ft)
Coordinates	31°36′24″S 26°07′12″E
Geography
Bamboesberg
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
Parent range	Stormberg Mountains
Geology
Orogeny	Kaapvaal craton
Age of rock	Neoarchean to early Paleoproterozoic
Type of rock	Bushveld igneous complex, sandstone

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.[2][3]

See also

• List of mountain ranges of South Africa

References