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Mountain · South Africa · Drakensberg

Cathedral Peak

Elevation
3,004 m
#4,066
in the world
#26
in South Africa

Cathedral Peak is a mountain in South Africa, rising to 3,004 m, the 26th highest we list in South Africa, part of the Drakensberg.

Range
#16 in the range
Nearest town
54 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak lies in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Key facts

Elevation
3,004 m (9,856 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates
-28.924, 29.134

How it ranks

Among peaks in South Africa
#26of 48
LargestSmallest
In the Drakensberg
#16of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#4,066of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Cockade3,070 m6.4 km
Elephant3,144 m6.5 km
Thaba Chitja3,261 m9.3 km
Witch Peak3,093 m20 km
Pampiring3,328 m22 km
Ifidi Pinacles3,070 m24 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cathedral Peak.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
PhuthaditjhabaSouth Africa84,25854 km
WembesiSouth Africa33,84965 km
TshiameSouth Africa17,80068 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44472 km
HarrismithSouth Africa33,39073 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.