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Meiringspoort (Afrikaans for "Meiring's defile") is a
South African mountain p**** on the N12
national road,
where it
crosses the
Swartberg mountain range...
- it
turns northwards,
becoming the
Meiringspoort P****, p****ing the
Swartberg mountain range.
After Meiringspoort, at Klaarstroom, the N12
cosigns with...
- an
eighth of the country's wool
exports p****ed
through the
Meiringspoort. The
Meiringspoort provides paved road
transit through the
Swartberg range, using...
- and
Beaufort West. De Rust is also
known for the
meandering Meiringspoort p****.
Meiringspoort is a
gateway that
connects the
Klein Karoo (little Karoo)...
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Pelargonium zonale was
collected by
Henrik Bernard Oldenland in 1689 at
Meiringspoort Pas. The
species was
described by the
Dutch botanist Jan
Commelijn (1629–1692)...
- He even
carved its name onto a
boulder next to the N12
highway near
Meiringspoort (outside Oudts****n) in 1929. This boulder,
known as Herrie's Stone...
- It
followed their earlier construction of
another p**** in 1858, the
Meiringspoort,
through the same
mountains but
further east. It was
built using convict...
- divide, with the N12
continuing north to Oudts****n and then
through Meiringspoort to
Beaufort West,
while the N9 runs
northeast to Graaff-Reinet and Colesberg...
- that
characterize these mountains today. The best
known defiles are:
Meiringspoort, Sewew****spoort, the
Tradouws P****, Kogmanskloof, Garcia's p****, the...
- (and from
there to the sea). The two
alternative roads,
through the
Meiringspoort and the Sewew****spoort defiles, were
subject to
periodic flooding, after...
