List of mountains in South Africa
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 flatness.
List
Mountain
Height (m)
Height (ft)
Range
location
Remarks
Thabana Ntlenyana
3,482
11,424
Drakensberg (Maloti )
Lesotho
Highest mountain in Southern Africa
Makheka
3,463
11,362
Drakensberg (Maloti)
Lesotho
Thaba Putsoa
3,455
11,335
Drakensberg (Maloti)
Lesotho
Mafadi
3,451
11,322
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
[ 2]
Njesuthi
3,410
11,190
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Champagne Castle
3,377
11,079
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Lithobolog
3,375
11,073
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
kaNtuba Peak
3,366
11,043
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Trojan Wall
3,354
11,004
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
kaNtuba Buttress
3,344
10,971
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Yodler's Peak I
3,338
10,951
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Yodler's Peak II
3,338
10,951
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Pampiring
3,337
10,948
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Red Wall Peak
3,337
10,948
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Botlolong
3,333
10,935
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Popple Peak
3,331
10,928
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Ship's Prow
3,325
10,909
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Sehonghong Peak
3,324
10,906
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Nkosozana Peak
3,318
10,886
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Champagne's Castle
3,318
10,886
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Giant's Castle
3,315
10,876
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Mashai
3,313
10,869
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Mohlesi
3,310
10,860
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Redi
3,309
10,856
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Walker's Peak
3,306
10,846
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Mhlwazini Peak
3,305
10,843
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Yodler's Ridge Peak
3,301
10,830
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Sanqebethu
3,301
10,830
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Mount Durnford
3,296
10,814
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Mont-aux-Sources
3,282
10,768
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Cleft Peak
3,281
10,764
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Namahadi Peak
3,275
10,745
Drakensberg (Maloti)
Free State
Monk's Cowl
3,229
10,594
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Cathkin Peak
3,148
10,328
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
The Tent
3,130
10,270
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Didima Dome
3,078
10,098
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
The Hawk
3,077
10,095
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Rhino Peak
3,056
10,026
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Thumb Spur Peak
3,055
10,023
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Devil's Knuckles
3,028
9,934
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaDuma
3,019
9,905
Drakensberg
Eastern Cape
Cathedral Peak
3,004
9,856
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Ben Macdhui
3,001
9,846
Drakensberg
Eastern Cape
[ 3]
Twins Top
3,000
9,800
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Sterkhorn
2,973
9,754
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Ribbokkop
2,829
9,281
Rooiberge
Free State
Cairntoul
2,826
9,272
Drakensberg
Eastern Cape
Edge Hill
2,725
8,940
Witteberge
Eastern Cape
Balloch Peak
2,648
8,688
Witteberge
Eastern Cape
Compassberg
2,502
8,209
Sneeuberge
Eastern Cape
[ 4]
Visierskerf Peak
2,470
8,100
Witteberg
Free State
Mount Horeb
2,418
7,933
Drakensberg (Maloti)
Free State
[ 5]
The Great Winterberg
2,371
7,779
Winterberg
Eastern Cape
Platberg Mountain
2,394
7,854
Harrismith
Free State
Die Berg
2,331
7,648
Steenkampsberge
Mpumalanga
Seweweekspoortpiek
2,325
7,628
Klein-Swartberge
Western Cape
Mount Anderson
2,284
7,493
Drakensberg
Mpumalanga
Matroosberg
2,249
7,379
Hex River Mountains
Western Cape
Kriegersbaken
2,156
7,073
Sneeuberge
Northern Cape
Ysterkroon
2,126
6,975
Wolkberg
Limpopo
Groot Winterhoek
2,077
6,814
Groot Winterhoek
Western Cape
Sneeukop
2,070
6,790
Skurweberg
Western Cape
Serala
2,050
6,730
Wolkberg
Limpopo
Sneeuberg
2,028
6,654
Cederberg
Western Cape
Du Toits Peak
1,995
6,545
Klein Drakensteinberge
Western Cape
Gaika's Kop
1,963
6,440
Amatola Mountains
Eastern Cape
Toringkop
1,913
6,276
Suikerbosrand
Gauteng
Emlembe
1,862
6,109
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
on S.A./Eswatini border
Geelhoutkop
1,805
5,922
Waterberg Massif
Limpopo
[ 6]
Nooitgedacht West
1,805
5,922
Magaliesberg
North West
[ 7]
Cockscomb
1,768
5,801
Groot Winterhoekberg
Eastern Cape
Lajuma
1,747
5,732
Soutpansberg
Limpopo
Hanglip
1,719
5,640
Soutpansberg
Limpopo
Rooiberg Peak
1,706
5,597
Kamiesberge
Northern Cape
Pilanesberg
1,687
5,535
Witwatersrand
North West
Formosa Peak
1,675
5,495
Tsitsikamma
Eastern Cape
Impati Mountain
1,595
5,233
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Cradock Peak
1,578
5,177
Outeniqua Mountains
Western Cape
Spion Kop
1,460
4,790
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Isandlwana
1,284
4,213
Drakensberg
KwaZulu-Natal
Carolusberg
1,274
4,180
Kamiesberg
Northern Cape
Mascarin Peak
1,230
4,040
Marion Island
Prince Edward Islands
Ghaamsberg
1,148
3,766
Northern Cape
close to Aggeneys
Table Mountain
1,084
3,556
Western Cape
rising over Cape Town
Van Zinderen-Bakker Peak
672
2,205
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Islands
smallest South Africa mountain
See also
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