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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 we list in South Africa, part of the Maloti Mountains.

Range
#8 in the range
Nearest town
60 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Elephant

Elephant lies in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Key facts

Elevation
3,144 m (10,315 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
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 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Cockade3,070 m0.8 km
Thaba Chitja3,261 m4.3 km
Cathedral Peak3,004 m6.5 km
Witch Peak3,093 m16 km
Pampiring3,328 m18 km
Gatberg2,318 m21 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Elephant.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
PhuthaditjhabaSouth Africa84,25860 km
WembesiSouth Africa33,84964 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44472 km
TshiameSouth Africa17,80074 km
Thaba-TsekaLesotho16,76579 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.