Mountain · South Africa

Cockscomb

Elevation

1,768 m

#10,117

in the world

#39

in South Africa

Cockscomb is a mountain in South Africa, rising to 1,768 m, the 39th highest in South Africa.

Elevation

1,768 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

World rank

#10,117

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Cockscomb lies in South Africa, in Eastern Cape.

Key facts

Elevation

1,768 m

Surveyed elevation, GeoNames

Type

Mountain

Region

Eastern Cape

Coordinates

-33.571, 24.784

How it ranks

Among peaks in South Africa

#39of 48

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#10,117of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Platfontein	1,350 m	68 km
Formosa Peak	1,675 m	105 km
Winterberge	1,332 m	201 km
Kompasberg	2,502 m	203 km
Stormberg	1,916 m	308 km
Seweweekspoortpiek	2,325 m	318 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Cockscomb.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Kruisfontein	South Africa	18,991	48 km
Humansdorp	South Africa	34,733	51 km
Jeffreys Bay	South Africa	32,477	54 km
Kariega	South Africa	291,052	61 km
Gqeberha	South Africa	1,050,078	88 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.