Alice topographic map

Name: Alice topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Alice, Nkonkobe Local Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa (-32.82889 26.79444 -32.74889 26.87444)

Average elevation: 586 m

Minimum elevation: 480 m

Maximum elevation: 733 m

The location was named Lovedale by European missionaries who settled there in 1824.It lies on the southwestern bank of the Tyhume River, west-northwest of East London, at an elevation of 1,720(524m).It was named after John Love of the Glasgow Missionary Society. During the Frontier War it was abandoned and the mission resettled on the west bank of the Tyhume River. On the east bank a fort was built, called Fort Hare, after Major-General John Hare, who was Lieutenant-Governor of the Eastern Cape and acting Governor of the Cape Colony. Later the name of the town was changed to Alice. Alice was the administrative and magisterial capital of the old district of Victoria East. In 1847, it was named Alice by Sir Peregrine Maitland after Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria. Municipal status was attained in 1852. The town is now a thriving university town and has received major infrastructure upgrades under the current Mayor Bandile Khethelo.

Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 3.0)