page_title: Pilanesberg
hierarchical_section_title: Pilanesberg
caption_attribution_description: English: The Pilanesberg in Northwest Province, South Africa
context_page_description: The Pilanesberg is a mountain in the North West Province, South Africa. The mountain is an ancient volcanic structure, circular in shape, that rises from flat surrounding plains. It is formed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills, of which the outermost has a diameter of about 24 km. The Pilanesberg is located 100 km to the North-West of Pretoria and is for the greater part enclosed in a protected area known as Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
  The Elands River flows South of the Pilanesberg in an Easterly direction. There are a number of platinum mines right at the perimeter of the crater formation.
  The name "Pilanes" comes from a historic Tswana chief named Pilane.
context_section_description: The Pilanesberg (formerly Pilandsberg) is a mountain in the North West Province, South Africa. The mountain is an ancient volcanic structure, circular in shape, that rises from flat surrounding plains. It is formed by three concentric ridges or rings of hills, of which the outermost has a diameter of about 24 km. The Pilanesberg is located 100 km to the North-West of Pretoria and is for the greater part enclosed in a protected area known as Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
  The Elands River flows South of the Pilanesberg in an Easterly direction. There are a number of platinum mines right at the perimeter of the crater formation.
  The name "Pilanes" comes from a historic Tswana chief named Pilane.
caption: NASA picture of Pilanesberg with Vaalkop Dam on the right side
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