List of mountains in South Africa

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.

Table Mountain

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

• Geography of South Africa
• List of Ultras of Africa
• List of mountain ranges of South Africa
• Highest mountain peaks of Africa

References

1. Mulsh, Cliff (1994). "Khulus". MCSA.
2. "South African mountain list of +3300m peaks". Vertical Endeavour forum. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
3. "Ben Macdhui". South Africa Tourism. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
4. Compassberg Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Mount Horeb". geoview.info. Geoview. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
6. Geelhoutkop - Waterberg Biosphere Reserve
7. Nooitgedacht West, South Africa

External links

• South Africa - Highest Mountains
• Highest summits in southern Africa