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South Africa Plateau

Range Type	Highland or plateau
Highest Point	Murch Point (2156 m/7073 ft)
Countries	South Africa
States/Provinces	Northern Cape (50%), North-West (17%), Free State (16%), Limpopo (7%), Western Cape (3%), Gauteng (3%), Mpumalanga (3%), Eastern Cape (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	662,917 sq km / 255,952 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,148 km / 714 mi North-South 1,342 km / 834 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	27° 39' S; 23° 12' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of South Africa Plateau
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Southern Africa	Level 2 (Parent)
Angola Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Zambia Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Malawi Highlands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Kalahari	Level 3 (Sibling)
Zimbabwe Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
South Africa Plateau	Level 3
Drakensberg	Level 3 (Sibling)
Cape Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the South Africa Plateau

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Murch Point	2156	7073
2.	Marakele NP High Point	2088	6850
3.	Tafelberg	1956	6417
4.	Bontberg	1922	6306
5.	Suikerbosrand-Toringkop	1913	6276
6.	Gakarosa	1855	6086
7.	Nooitgedacht West	1852	6076
8.	Swaarweerberg	1844	6050
9.	South Langberge Peak	1836	6024
10.	Toto	1836	6024
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the South Africa Plateau

Murch Point From the summit (2018-07-15). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.	Suikerbosrand-Toringkop Toringkop (2017-12-02). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.
North-West Province High Point From the high point towards the southwest (2018-06-10). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.

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