List of mountains in South Africa

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Table Mountain

List of Mountains in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini is a general list of mountains in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini with elevation. This list includes mountains in two other sovereign states, in the Stormberg-Drakensberg range, where the highest elevations are to be found in Lesotho, as well as Emlembe, the highest mountain in Eswatini, located at the border with South Africa. The highest mountain in South Africa is 3,450 metres (11,320 ft) high Mafadi, located on the border of South Africa and Lesotho.

Several of the highest peaks have snow in the Southern hemisphere winter season.

A Khulu is a peak above 3,000 m (9,800 ft) and not within 1 km (0.62 mi) of another Khulu, as defined by the Mountain Club of South Africa.[1] Seweweekspoortpiek and Du Toits Peak are among the ultra prominent peaks of Africa.

A few mountains, such as Spion Kop or Isandlwana are historically important hills, even though they are relatively not very high. Table Mountain is important because of its emblematic,

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Mountain Height (m) Range location Remarks
Thabana Ntlenyana 3482 Drakensberg (Maloti) Lesotho Highest mountain in Southern Africa
Makheka
Thaba Putsoa 3455 Drakensberg (Maloti) Lesotho
Mafadi 3451 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal [2]
Njesuthi 3410 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Champagne Castle 3377 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3375 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3366 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3354 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3344 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3338 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3338 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3337 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3337 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3333 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Popple Peak 3331 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3325 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3324 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3318 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3318 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Giant's Castle 3315 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3313 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3310 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3309 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3306 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3305 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3301 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3301 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Mount Durnford 3296 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Mont-aux-Sources 3282 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Cleft Peak 3281 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3275 Drakensberg (Maloti) Free State
3229 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Cathkin Peak 3148 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3130 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3078 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3077 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Rhino Peak 3056 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3055 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
3028 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
KwaDuma 3019 Drakensberg Eastern Cape
Cathedral Peak 3004 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Ben Macdhui 3001 Drakensberg Eastern Cape [3]
3000 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
2973 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
2829 Free State
2826 Drakensberg Eastern Cape
2725 Witteberge Eastern Cape
2648 Witteberge Eastern Cape
Compassberg 2502 Sneeuberge Eastern Cape [4]
2470 Witteberg Free State
2371 Winterberg Eastern Cape
2394 Harrismith Free State
2331 Steenkampsberge Mpumalanga
Seweweekspoortpiek 2325 Klein-Swartberge Western Cape
2284 Drakensberg Mpumalanga
Matroosberg 2249 Hex River Mountains Western Cape
2156 Sneeuberge Northern Cape
2126 Wolkberg Limpopo
Groot Winterhoek 2077 Groot Winterhoek Western Cape
2070 Western Cape
2050 Wolkberg Limpopo
2028 Cederberg Western Cape
Du Toits Peak 1995 Klein Drakensteinberge Western Cape
1963 Amatola Mountains Eastern Cape
1913 Suikerbosrand Gauteng
Emlembe 1862 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal on S.A./Eswatini border
1805 Waterberg Massif Limpopo [5]
1805 Magaliesberg North West [6]
Cockscomb 1768 Groot Winterhoekberg Eastern Cape
1747 Soutpansberg Limpopo
Hanglip 1719 Soutpansberg Limpopo
1706 Kamiesberge Northern Cape
Pilanesberg 1687 Witwatersrand North West
Formosa Peak 1675 Tsitsikamma Eastern Cape
Impati Mountain 1595 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
1578 Outeniqua Mountains Western Cape
Spion Kop 1460 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
Isandlwana 1284 Drakensberg KwaZulu-Natal
1274 Kamiesberg Northern Cape
Mascarin Peak 1230 Marion Island Prince Edward Islands
Ghaamsberg 1148 Northern Cape close to Aggeneys
Table Mountain 1084 Western Cape rising over Cape Town
672 Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Islands

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Mulsh, Cliff (1994). "Khulus". MCSA.
  2. ^ "South African mountain list of +3300m peaks". Vertical Endeavour forum. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  3. ^ "Ben Macdhui". South Africa Tourism. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  4. ^ Compassberg Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Geelhoutkop - Waterberg Biosphere Reserve
  6. ^ Nooitgedacht West, South Africa

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