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    Meiringspoort (Afrikaans for "Meiring's defile") is a South African mountain pass on the N12 national road, where it crosses the Swartberg mountain range...
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    an eighth of the country's wool exports passed through the Meiringspoort. The Meiringspoort provides paved road transit through the Swartberg range, using...
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    it turns northwards, becoming the Meiringspoort Pass, passing the Swartberg mountain range. After Meiringspoort, at Klaarstroom, the N12 cosigns with...
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    and Beaufort West. De Rust is also known for the meandering Meiringspoort pass. 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)...
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    CapeNature. Swartberg Swartberg Pass Gamkaskloof Karoo Cango Caves Meiringspoort "Swartberg Nature Reserve (Gamkaskloof - Die Hel) – Capenature". www...
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    divide, with the N12 continuing north to Oudtshoorn and then through Meiringspoort to Beaufort West, while the N9 runs northeast to Graaff-Reinet and Colesberg...
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    It followed their earlier construction of another pass in 1858, the Meiringspoort, through the same mountains but further east. It was built using convict...
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    He even carved its name onto a boulder next to the N12 highway near Meiringspoort (outside Oudtshoorn) in 1929. This boulder, known as Herrie's Stone...
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  • 33°43′56″S 20°15′25″E / 33.7323°S 20.2569°E / -33.7323; 20.2569 Meiringspoort 33°24′59″S 22°32′59″E / 33.4163°S 22.5497°E / -33.4163; 22.5497 N12...
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