Gydo Pass is situated in the Western Cape, province of South Africa on the Regional road R303 between Ceres and Citrusdal. The Gydo Pass was built at the same time as Michells Pass by Andrew Geddes Bain and his team of convict labourers in, 1848. This important pass connected the Warm Bokkeveld with the higher altitude Koue Bokkeveld, as well as the remote, but fertile (and therefore lucrative) Witzenberg Valley a few kilometers West of the head of the pass.
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Grydo Pass
- Coordinates
- -33.2340, 19.3120
- Updated
- 18 Apr 2019
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Last updated · 18 Apr 2019
South African History Online. (2017, November 14). Grydo Pass. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0124427
South African History Online (2017) 'Grydo Pass', South African History Online, 14 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0124427 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).
South African History Online, Grydo Pass [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0124427, (accessed 23 July 2026).
"Grydo Pass." South African History Online, 14 Nov. 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0124427. Accessed 23 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Grydo Pass." South African History Online. November 14, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/P-0124427.
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