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Drakensberg Geography of KwaZulu-Natal {{KwaZuluNatal-geo-stub
mountain
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in the central Drakensberg
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range, and is the second highest peak in South Africa
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. It contains a series of subsidiary peaks, amongst them, Cathkin Peak (3149 m), Sterkhorn (previously called Mount Memory), Monk's Cowl and Dragon's Back.
It is said that when two intrepid mountaineers, David Gray and Major Grantham, climbed the peaks directly in front of Cathkin, they were about to celebrate their long haul by popping a bottle of champagne. But as fate would have it, the guide dropped the bottle on a rock – and in that moment Champagne Castle in the heart of the Drakensberg was christened.
Cathkin Peak was named after the residence of a Lanarkshire
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immigrant, Stephan Snyman, who named his home after Cathkin Braes, a hill in Glasgow.
As is the common trend in the Drakensberg, surrounding hotels and resorts have been named after Champagne Castle, Monk's Cowl and Cathkin Peak.
References
External links
Champagne Castle on Peakware
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