Mont aux Sources

mountain, South Africa

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Mont-aux-Sources is a mountain plateau located in the Drakensberg range, at the border of South Africa and Lesotho. Explored in 1836 by French missionaries, it was named "Mountain of Sources" because it is the watershed for several major rivers, including the Orange, Vaal, and Tugela.1

This basalt plateau reaches an elevation of approximately 10,000 feet (3,050 meters), with its highest summit at 10,823 feet (3,299 meters) on the Lesotho-KwaZulu/Natal border. The plateau's edge features dramatic, steep cliffs that overlook KwaZulu/Natal, particularly at the western edge of South Africa's Royal Natal National Park.1

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…country’s highest peaks, such as Mont aux Sources (10,823 feet [3,299 meters]). The mountainous escarpment continues southwestward, dividing Lesotho from the Eastern Cape province, where it runs westward across Eastern Cape at lesser elevations of 5,000 to 8,000 feet (1,500 to 2,400 meters) and is known as the Stormberg. Farther…
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…country’s highest peaks, such as Mont aux Sources (10,823 feet [3,299 meters]). The mountainous escarpment continues southwestward, dividing Lesotho from the Eastern Cape province, where it runs westward across Eastern Cape at lesser elevations of 5,000 to 8,000 feet (1,500 to 2,400 meters) and is known as the Stormberg. Farther…
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