Mountain · South Africa · Maloti Mountains

Elephant

Elevation

3,144 m

#3,473

in the world

#14

in South Africa

Elephant is a mountain in South Africa, rising to 3,144 m, the 14th highest in South Africa, part of the Maloti Mountains.

Elevation

3,144 m

Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model

World rank

#3,473

of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Elephant lies in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Key facts

Elevation

3,144 m

Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model

Type

Mountain

Range

Maloti Mountains

Region

KwaZulu-Natal

Coordinates

-28.982, 29.131

How it ranks

Among peaks in South Africa

#14of 48

LargestSmallest

In the Maloti Mountains

#8of 11

LargestSmallest

Among all listed peaks

#3,473of 14,627

LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Peak	Elevation	Distance
Cockade	3,070 m	0.8 km
Thaba Chitja	3,261 m	4.3 km
Cathedral Peak	3,004 m	6.5 km
Witch Peak	3,093 m	16 km
Pampiring	3,328 m	18 km
Gatberg	2,318 m	21 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Elephant.

City	Country	Population	Distance
Phuthaditjhaba	South Africa	84,258	60 km
Wembesi	South Africa	33,849	64 km
Estcourt	South Africa	26,444	72 km
Tshiame	South Africa	17,800	74 km
Thaba-Tseka	Lesotho	16,765	79 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.