Mountain valley, Langeberg Mountains, nr Roberston, Western Cape, South Africa


Mountain valley, Langeberg Mountains, nr Roberston, Western Cape, South Africa - The Langeberg Range is a mountain range in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The highest peaks of the range are located just to the north of Swellendam, in a subrange known as the Clock Peaks whose highest point is 1710 m high Misty Point. Local lore states one can tell the time by means of the shadows cast by the seven summits of the Clock range runs in a roughly in a NW/SE in its western part and in an east-west direction in its mid and eastern section and is approximately 170 km long. The Langeberg's most westerly point is located 35 km west of the town of Swellendam; the range ends some 30 km north-east of Riversdale in the east. The open plains of the Little Karoo border the north of the mountain range, while to the south lies the Agulhas Plain and the Overberg wheatbelt. The Langeberg Range is composed mostly of Table Mountain Sandstone and the range is part of the Cape Fold Belt.


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Location: Roberston, Western Cape, South Africa
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