Compassberg

{{Short description|Mountain in South Africa}}

{{Use South African English|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Compassberg

| other_name = Kompasberg

| native_name = {{lang|af|Kompasberg}}

| photo = Kompasberg 1.jpg

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| elevation_m = 2502

| elevation_ref = [http://www.nieu-bethesda.com/en/things-to-do-and-see/hikes-a-walks/71-compassberg.html Compassberg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005526/http://www.nieu-bethesda.com/en/things-to-do-and-see/hikes-a-walks/71-compassberg.html |date=2013-12-03 }}

| prominence_m = 1012

| prominence_ref = {{Cite web |title=World Ribus – Southern Africa

|url=https://worldribus.org/southern-africa/|access-date=2024-12-26 |website=World Ribus}}

| map = South Africa

| map_caption = Location in South Africa

| map_size = 240

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| listing = List of mountains in South Africa

| location = Eastern Cape

| range = Sneeuberge

| coordinates = {{coord|31|45|26|S|24|32|22|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Compassberg ({{langx|af|Kompasberg}}), is a mountain peak of the Sneeuberge range in South Africa. It is located 55 km due north of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape Province. At 2502 metres, it is the highest peak in South Africa outside the Stormberg-Drakensberg massif. It was named by Colonel Robert Jacob Gordon when he accompanied Governor Joachim van Plettenberg on a journey to the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony in 1778.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

The mountain is composed of sediments of the Beaufort Series in the Karoo System, and extensively intruded by dolerite dikes and sills.