Blaauwkrantz Pass is a mountain pass on the
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* R67 (South Africa), a road
* BMW R67
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, situated across the
Blaauwkrantz Nature Reserve in the
Eastern Cape
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The second largest province in the country (at 168,966 km2) after Northern Cape, it was formed in ...
, on the road between
Grahamstown
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and
Port Alfred
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. It traverses the
Bloukrans River valley.
History
Nearby was the site of the
Blaauwkrantz Bridge disaster of 1911.
External links
The Blaauwkrantz bridge disaster
References
Mountain passes of the Eastern Cape
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