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Andries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Andries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet

a Monument 2,5 km North of Graaf-Reinet. It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus Ja...

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Andriesburg, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Andriesburg, Eastern Cape

A Mountain, 2 106 m high about 30 km North-West of Queenstown and 20 km South-East of Sterkstroom. It is known by the Xh...

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Andalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Andalusia, Cape and Transvaal Border

the border between the Cape and Transvaal provinces, ran through the Town, making it the only Town in South Africa that ...

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Anagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Anagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape

Hill 926 m high, situated 18 km North-East of Riemvasmaak and 60 km North-West of Keimoes. The name is of Khoikhoi origi...

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Amsterdam Flats, Region in the Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Amsterdam Flats, Region in the Eastern Cape

Region between the Swartkops and Coega Rivers near Port Elizabeth. Named after a Dutch East India Company Ship, which wa...

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Amsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Amsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality

Town some 77 km East of Ermelo. It formed part of the Scottish Settlement established by Alexander McCorkindale. It was ...

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'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
Place
Sep 22, 2016

'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River

Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'fre...

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'Amphlett', a Hill Which Forms Part of the Drakensberg
Place
Sep 22, 2016

'Amphlett', a Hill Which Forms Part of the Drakensberg

Hill on the Ridge, leading to 'Cathkin Peak', in the Drakensburg, some 50 km West of Escourt. Named after GT Amphlett wh...

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Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range

Large natural semi-circular hollow in the Drakensburg Mountain Range, North of the Lesetho border, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Ta...

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Amikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)
Place
Sep 22, 2016

Amikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)

Khoikhoi name of Vogelstruisleegte, a plain some 21 km North of Willowmore. The people who roam the Karoo, are the ...

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Sep 21, 2016

Descriptive handbook of the Cape Colony: its condition and resources by John Noble

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Ameva River, Eastern Cape
Place
Sep 21, 2016

Ameva River, Eastern Cape

Xhosa name for the Doorn River, now known as; Indwe!  It means 'thorns' referring to the Acacia trees that gro...

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Amersfoort near Ermelo
Place
Sep 21, 2016

Amersfoort near Ermelo

Town 56 km South of Ermelo and 72 km South-East of Bethal, on the banks of the Schulpspruit River. It was founded in 187...

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Ambrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
Place
Sep 21, 2016

Ambrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province

Name employed in the 18th Century for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Am...

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Ambleside, a Railway Siding in Mpumalanga
Place
Sep 21, 2016

Ambleside, a Railway Siding in Mpumalanga

Railway Siding 11 km North-East of Carolina on the route Machadodorp to Breyton. It was named in 1868 by Archibald Sincl...

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