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| Route information | ||||
| Length | 157 km (98 mi) | |||
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| South-west end |  R67 near Mhlangeni | |||
R67 in Whittlesea  N6 near Cathcart | ||||
| North-east end |  R61 near Bolotwa | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | South Africa | |||
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The R351 is a Regional Route in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It connects the R67 west of Mhlangeni with Bolotwa via Whittlesea and Cathcart. [1]
From the R67, it heads north, through the Katberg Pass to Katberg. It then goes through the Devil's Bellows pass before veering north-east to Sada and Whittlesea. Here the route crosses the R67 again, at a staggered junction. It heads east to the N6 north of Cathcart. It is co-signed with the N6 heading south. At Cathcart the route diverges from the N6, and heads east then north to reach its terminus at the R61 just south of Bolotwa. [1]
The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe. It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road.
The R58 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Colesberg with Ngcobo via Aliwal North, Barkly East and Khowa.
The R61 is a long provincial route in South Africa that connects Beaufort West with Port Shepstone via Graaff-Reinet, Komani, Mthatha and Port Edward.
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The R67 is a provincial route in Eastern Cape, South Africa that connects Port Alfred with Komani via Grahamstown.
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The R392 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Walaza with Komani via Sterkspruit, Lady Grey and Dordrecht.
The R397 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Burgersdorp with Molteno and Sterkstroom. Its northern terminus is the R391 near Burgersdorp. It heads south to meet the R56. It becomes cosigned, heading east-south-east, through Molteno. East of Molteno, it leaves the R56, heading south-east, via the Boesmanshoek pass, to Sterkstroom, where it meets and is briefly cosigned with the R344. Its southern is the N6.
Hogsback is a village in the Amathole Mountains in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Cathcart is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, named after Sir George Cathcart, governor of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope 1852–1853. The town is situated on the N6, 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of Stutterheim en route to Komani. It is the Biltong capital of South Africa.
Whittlesea is a semi-rural town situated on the R67 road in the Hewu district, 37 km south of Komani, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The town is made up of the townships Ekuphumleni, Bhede, Ndlambe, Extension 4, Extension 5 and Sada. The town falls under the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality which is under the Chris Hani District Municipality. Surrounding Whittlesea are 36 villages which make up the Hewu district.
The N6 is a national route in South Africa that connects East London with Bloemfontein, via Komani and Maletswai. It runs roughly from north to south, connecting the N1 with the N2.
Mpofu Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Amatole district of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa that is managed by Eastern Cape Parks.
Katberg Pass is a mountain pass situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, on the R351 between Seymour and Whittlesea. The pass climbs almost 700 meters in altitude to summit at 1622m ASL. The average gradient is 1:15 with some sections as steep as 1:3.
Kitchingnathus is an extinct genus of basal procolophonid parareptile from Early Triassic deposits of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is known from the holotype BP/1/1187, skull and partial postcranium, which was first assigned to the more derived Procolophon trigoniceps. It was collected by the South African palaeontologist, James W. Kitching in October 1952 from Hobbs Hill, west of Cathcart. It was found in the middle or upper part of the Katberg Formation of the Beaufort Group and referred to the uppermost Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone. It was first named by Juan Carlos Cisneros in 2008 and the type species is Kitchingnathus untabeni. The generic name honours James W. Kitching, and "gnathus", from Greek gnathos meaning mandible. The specific name meaning "from the hill", in isiZulu, is in reference to the locality where the fossil was found.
The R701 is a major regional route in the Free State, South Africa.
The R717 is a Regional Route in South Africa that connects Colesberg with Dewetsdorp via Trompsburg, Edenburg and Reddersburg. From Colesberg to Reddersburg, it follows the older route of the N1.
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