The Ranges
The largest individual ranges within the Cape Fold Belt include (translations in brackets) from west to east:
- Cederberg Mountains (Cedar)
- Olifants River Mountains (Elephant's)
- Piketberg (Picket)
- Winterhoek Mountains (Winter corner)
- Skurweberge (Rough or scaly)
- Hex River Mountains (Witch river)
- Du Toitskloof Mountains (a French surname: Du Toits canyon )
- Drakenstein Mountains (Dragon stone)
- Simonsberg (Simon's)
- Hottentots-Holland Mountains (Hottentot: old name for Khoi aboriginal inhabitants)
- Kogelberg (Bullet, or cone-shaped)
- Stettynsberge (probably a surname)
- Langeberg (Long)
- Riviersonderend Mountains (River without end)
- Kleinrivier Mountains (Small river)
- Witteberge (White)
- Swartberge (Black)
- Outeniqua Mountains (aboriginal: place of honey)
- Langkloof Mountains (Long valley)
- Kouga Mountains (aboriginal)
- Tsitsikamma Mountains (aboriginal: place of much water)
- Baviaanskloof Mountains (Valley of Baboons)
- Zuurberge (Sour, acid or acidic)
- (berg is Afrikaans for mountain. Plural is 'berge')
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