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Durnford

Elevation
3,231 m
#3,160
in the world
#11
in Lesotho

Durnford is a mountain in Lesotho and South Africa, rising to 3,231 m, the 11th highest we list in Lesotho, part of the Drakensberg.

Range
#11 in the range
Nearest town
44 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Durnford

Durnford sits on the border between Lesotho and South Africa, and is counted in each.

Key facts

Elevation
3,231 m (10,600 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Coordinates
-29.306, 29.441

How it ranks

Among peaks in Lesotho
#11of 27
LargestSmallest
In the Drakensberg
#11of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#3,160of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Kambule3,077 m0.7 km
Erskine3,123 m1.8 km
Giant’s Castle3,315 m6.0 km
Kepising3,103 m8.3 km
Popple Peak3,331 m9.2 km
The Judge3,073 m9.7 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Durnford.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
WembesiSouth Africa33,84944 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44453 km
Mooi RiverSouth Africa21,73055 km
MpophomeniSouth Africa30,83078 km
HowickSouth Africa32,45379 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.