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Outeniqua Mountains
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Outeniqua Pass
Highest point
Peak Cradock Peak
Elevation 1,578 m (5,177 ft)
Geography
Outeniqua Mountains is located in South Africa
Outeniqua Mountains
Outeniqua Mountains
Location in South Africa
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape

The Outeniqua Mountains, named after the Outeniqua Khoikhoi who lived there, is a mountain range that runs on the southern coast of South Africa.

It forms a continuous range with the Langeberg to the west and the Tsitsikamma Mountains to the east. It was known as "Serra de Estrella" ("Mountain of the Star") to the Portuguese. The mountains are part of the Garden Route of South Africa.

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