Penhoek Pass is a mountain pass situated in the Stormberg Mountains of the
Eastern Cape province of
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
. It lies about 60 km north of
Queenstown on the national road
N6 to
Jamestown and
Aliwal North
Aliwal North (officially Maletswai) is a town in central South Africa on the banks of the Orange River, Eastern Cape Province. It is a medium-sized commercial centre in the northernmost part of the Eastern Cape.
History
Sir Harry Smith, then ...
.
The pass was constructed in 1892, reaches a height of 1 844 m above sea level and has a maximum gradient of 1:10.
Mountain passes of the Eastern Cape
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