Makhonjwa Mountains

Makhonjwa Mountains
Barberton greenstone belt
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains on 10 March 2021; seen from space with the Operational Land Imager with Landsat 8. The Komati River runs across the centre. Eerstehoek and Elukwatini is in the lower left, with the Makhonjwa Mountains up top.
Highest point
Elevation1,800 m (5,900 ft)
Geography
Makhonjwa Mountains is located in South Africa
Makhonjwa Mountains
Makhonjwa Mountains
CountriesSouth Africa and Eswatini
Range coordinates25°47′06″S 31°03′07″E / 25.785°S 31.052°E / -25.785; 31.052[1]
Official nameBarberton Makhonjwa Mountains
TypeNatural
Criteria(viii)
Designated2018
Reference no.1575
RegionAfrica

The Makhonjwa Mountains or Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains are a range of small mountains and hills that covers an area of 120 by 60 kilometres (75 by 37 mi), about 80% in Mpumalanga, a province of South Africa, and the remainder in neighbouring Eswatini.[2] It constitutes 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt.[3]

  1. ^ "Barberton, Mpumalanga". Latitude.
  2. ^ "The Barberton Mountain Land, Barberton Greenstone Belt or Makhonjwa Mountains". UNESCO. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains". UNESCO.

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