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Salmonsdam Nature Reserve

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The highest point in the park is the base of the radio mast at its northeastern corner, at a height of 637 metres (2,090 ft) above sea level. The Perdeberg peak on the northern edge of the park is one metre (3.3 ft) lower.
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area known as "Die Weivlakte". Various smaller tributaries join the river; notably the Watervalkloof stream which passes over a series of small
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called the "Zigzag Falls". On the eastern side of Keeromskloof can be found the Elandskrans Caves and Leopard Cave.
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Local tradition claims that Salmonsdam was named for Robert Salmond, captain of
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called Keeromskloof and spreading out lower down into a
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in 1852. The area was declared a nature reserve by the
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Salmonsdam
Located in the Overberg region in the southern part of the Western Cape province, close to the southernmost tip of Africa.
Overberg
Western Cape
South Africa
Stanford, Western Cape
34°25′35″S 19°38′17″E / 34.42639°S 19.63806°E / -34.42639; 19.63806
CapeNature
www.capenature.org.za/reserves.htm?reserve=Salmonsdam+Nature+Reserve
nature reserve
Overberg
Western Cape
South Africa
CapeNature
HMS Birkenhead
Gansbaai
Cape Provincial Administration
Overstrand municipal area
Stanford
Cape Town
gorge
marshy
waterfalls
"South Africa - Salmonsdam"
World Commission on Protected Areas


"Salmonsdam Nature Reserve"
CapeNature
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