The Suurberg (also Zuurberg or Suurberge) is a mountain range near the

Addo Elephant National Park Addo Elephant National Park (AENP) is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Gqeberha in South Africa and is one of the country's 20 national parks. It currently ranks third in size after Kruger National Park and the Kgalagadi T ...

in the southern

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of the

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, South Africa. The range of some 70 kilometres long (west to east) is situated at the eastern end of the

Cape Fold Belt The Cape Fold Belt (CFB) is a long fold-and-thrust mountain belt along the western and southern coastlines of Western Cape, South Africa. The Cape Fold Belt formed during the Permian period (300 to 250million years ago) in the late Paleozoic ...

, and rises just north of the towns of Kirkwood and Bontrug (in the Sundays River Valley), and

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further east. Its rugged terrain is intersected by many defiles and ridge lines, rising from some 200 m a.s.l. in the south to 936 m a.s.l. The southern slopes are drained by various tributaries of the

Sundays River The !Khukaǁgamma or Sundays River () is a river in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is said to be the fastest flowing river in the country. The Inqua Khoi people, who historically were the wealthiest group in Southern Africa, orig ...

, including the Kabouga, Uie, Wit and

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rivers. Two passes cross the mountain from south to north, namely the

Suurberg Pass Suurberg Pass () is traverses the Suurberg range in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, on the regional road R335, between Coerney and Somerset East. The pass hugs the western edge of the Nyati section of the Addo Elephant National P ...

and

Olifantskop Pass Olifantskop Pass () is situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It carries three to four lanes of road traffic on the N10 road (South Africa), N10 national road over the Suurberg mountains between Paterson, South Africa, Paterson an ...

. '' Oldenburgia grandis'' and the Suurberg cycad are striking plants that are endemic to the mountain range and its vicinity. Endemic Suurberg cycads in a valley of the Suurberg, centerArtefacts discovered in the

Melkhoutboom Cave Melkhoutboom Cave is an archaeological site dating to the Later Stone Age, located in the Zuurberg Mountains, Cape Folded Mountain Belt, in the Addo Elephant National Park, Sarah Baartman District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of ...

are thought to be 15 000 years old.

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of the Eastern Cape