National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003 (Act No. 57 of 2003)

The highest point in Richtersveld National Park is 4475.07ft above sea level.

Definition of Area

Government Notice 1969 / Government Gazette 13457 / 19910816 declared the following area to be a national park:

Beginning at the point where the eastern boundary of the 31 m wide electric powerline servitude, as indicated on approved SG Diagram 3615/1981, intersects the international border between the Republic of South Africa and Namibia; thence north-eastwards and clockwise upstream along the said international border, to a point where the said international border meets the eastward prolongation of the northern boundary of Portion 12 of Farm 600, Administrative District of Namaqualand; thence westwards along the latter prolongation and the northern boundaries of the said Portion 12 and Portion 11 of the said Farm 600; so as to exclude the said portions from the area, to Beacon A as indicated on approved SG Diagram 11352/85 of the latter Portion 11; thence north-westward along a straight line connecting the said Beacon A with Beacon L on the said 31 m wide electric powerline servitude as indicated on the said approved SG Diagram 3615/1981, to the point where it intersects the eastern boundary of the 31 m wide electric powerline servitude; thence generally northwards along the latter eastern boundary, to the point where it intersects the said international border between the Republic of South Africa and Namibia, the point of beginning.