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Date: n.d. Type: Mountain Pass Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 31°22'47.63" S 27°44'51.78" E Alt: 2115m

A gravel road between Elliot and Indwe. This pass ranks in position 31 nationally in the 'most altitude gained' category with a walloping 658 vertical metres...The pass was named after Dr. Otto du Plessis, a popular political figure at the time and one time Minister of Health. (Mountain Passes of South Africa, accessed September 2019) See also: Mountain Passes of South Africa Tracks4Africa Show Me South Africa Transcript of memorial stone: HIERDIE GEDENKTEKEN IS TER ERE VAN WYLE DR. OTTO DU PLESSIS, WAT HIERDIE PAS OP 21 MAART 1959 GEOPEN HET. Translation: THIS MEMORIAL HONOURS THE LATE DR. OTTO DU PLESSIS, WHO OPENED THIS PASS ON 21 MARCH 1959. Transcript of unveiling stone: ONTHUL DEUR SY EDELE NICO MALAN, ADMINISTRATEUR VAN KAAPLAND OP 1 NOVEMBER 1961. Translation: UNVEILED BY THE HONOURABLE NICO MALAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE CAPE ON 1 NOVEMBER 1961. References: Whitehead, Marion . 2018. South Africa's Favourite Passes + Poorts. Maitland: Map Studio. pg 198