# Bamboesberg

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{{Short description|Mountain range in Eastern Cape, South Africa}}
{{Use South African English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Bamboesberg
| image = R56 Road-001.JPG
| image_caption =The Bamboesberg from highway R56 between [Steynsburg](/source/Steynsburg) and [Molteno](/source/Molteno)
| highest =Aasvoëlberg
| elevation_m = 2208
| listing = 
| country = [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
| region_type = Province
| region = [Eastern Cape](/source/Eastern_Cape)
| parent = [Stormberg Mountains](/source/Stormberg_Mountains)
| map = South Africa
| range_coordinates = 
| map_caption = 
| label_position = right
| coordinates = {{coord|31|36|24|S|26|07|12|E|type:mountain_region:ZA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = 
| geology=[Bushveld igneous complex](/source/Bushveld_igneous_complex), [sandstone](/source/sandstone)
| age=[Neoarchean](/source/Neoarchean) to early [Paleoproterozoic](/source/Paleoproterozoic)
| orogeny=[Kaapvaal craton](/source/Kaapvaal_craton)
| length_km=
| length_orientation= E/W
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| width_orientation= N/S
| easiest_route =
}}
The '''Bamboesberg''' is a mountain range in the [Eastern Cape](/source/Eastern_Cape), [South Africa](/source/South_Africa). This range was named for the bamboo ''[Thamnocalamus tessellatus](/source/Thamnocalamus_tessellatus)'' growing in its ravines.<ref name=dosapn>{{cite book|last=Raper|first=Peter E.|title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names |url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n68/mode/2up |publisher=Internet Archive|accessdate=30 October 2013|page=68|year=1987}}</ref>

The Bamboesberg is an outlier of the [Stormberg Mountains](/source/Stormberg_Mountains) and part of the range is seen parallel to and east of the road linking [Hofmeyr](/source/Hofmeyr) and [Tarkastad](/source/Tarkastad). Some of its peaks are over {{convert|6000|ft|m}} – [Aasvoëlberg](/source/Aasvo%C3%ABlberg), 35&nbsp;km west of [Sterkstroom](/source/Sterkstroom), rises to {{convert|7245|ft|m}}. The [Stormbergspruit](/source/Stormbergspruit) is a tributary of the [Orange River](/source/Orange_River).

The rocks are composed of sediments of the [Stormberg Series](/source/Stormberg_Series) of the [Karoo System](/source/Karoo_System).<ref>''Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa'' - vol 2</ref><ref>[http://www.mcsa.org.za/cent/06_archive/d_conservation_a/reports/stateofnations01app1.html Preliminary overview of mountains in South Africa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719034856/http://www.mcsa.org.za/cent/06_archive/d_conservation_a/reports/stateofnations01app1.html |date=2011-07-19 }}</ref>
[[File:Wilson-stormberg-map-121.jpg|thumb|none|Positions at the [Battle of Stormberg](/source/Battle_of_Stormberg), 10 December 1899]]

==See also==
* [List of mountain ranges of South Africa](/source/List_of_mountain_ranges_of_South_Africa)

==References==
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Category:Mountain ranges of the Eastern Cape

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