Ghaamsberg
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| Ghaamsberg | |
|---|---|
  Ghaamsberg Location in South Africa | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,148 m (3,766 ft)[1] |
| Listing | List of mountains in South Africa |
| Coordinates | 29°14′45″S 18°58′7″E / 29.24583°S 18.96861°E[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Northern Cape |
Ghaamsberg is a mountain in South Africa. situated just east of Aggeneys, in the Namakwa District Municipality of the Northern Cape province, 33 km to the south of the border with Namibia. Its summit is 1148 metres above sea level.
It is noted for its biological diversity. The unique ecologies on the various inselbergs, peaks, hills and plains in the vicinity, having varied rocky and shallow soil substrates, support a wide diversity of plants, animals, birds and insects, including rare and endemic species, a number of them threatened.[3] The writer William Charles Scully wrote that, “for sheer uncompromising aridity, for stark grotesque naked horror, these mountains stand probably unsurpassed on the face of the globe.”[4]
This mountain should not be confused with Gamsberg, a mountain in Namibia.[5]
