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Mountain · Lesotho + South Africa · Drakensberg

Erskine

Elevation
3,123 m
#3,560
in the world
#20
in Lesotho

Erskine is a mountain in Lesotho and South Africa, rising to 3,123 m, the 20th highest we list in Lesotho, part of the Drakensberg.

Range
#13 in the range
Nearest town
43 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Erskine

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

Key facts

Elevation
3,123 m (10,246 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Coordinates
-29.290, 29.441

How it ranks

Among peaks in Lesotho
#20of 27
LargestSmallest
In the Drakensberg
#13of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#3,560of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Durnford3,231 m1.8 km
Kambule3,077 m2.5 km
Giant’s Castle3,315 m7.4 km
Popple Peak3,331 m7.5 km
The Judge3,073 m7.9 km
Kepising3,103 m10 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Erskine.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
WembesiSouth Africa33,84943 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44452 km
Mooi RiverSouth Africa21,73055 km
MpophomeniSouth Africa30,83079 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.