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Mountain · South Africa · Drakensberg

Giant’s Castle

Elevation
3,315 m
#2,874
in the world
#6
in South Africa

Giant’s Castle is a mountain in South Africa, rising to 3,315 m, the 6th highest we list in South Africa, part of the Drakensberg.

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

Where it is

Giant’s Castle

Giant’s Castle lies in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Key facts

Elevation
3,315 m (10,876 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates
-29.346, 29.482

How it ranks

Among peaks in South Africa
#6of 48
LargestSmallest
In the Drakensberg
#6of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,874of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Kambule3,077 m5.3 km
Kepising3,103 m5.6 km
Durnford3,231 m6.0 km
Erskine3,123 m7.4 km
Redi3,291 m9.5 km
Popple Peak3,331 m15 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Giant’s Castle.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
WembesiSouth Africa33,84944 km
Mooi RiverSouth Africa21,73052 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44453 km
MpophomeniSouth Africa30,83073 km
HowickSouth Africa32,45374 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.