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Monk’s Cowl

Elevation
2,815 m
#4,876
in the world
#28
in South Africa

Monk’s Cowl is a mountain in South Africa, rising to 2,815 m, the 28th highest we list in South Africa, part of the Drakensberg.

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

Where it is

Monk’s Cowl

Monk’s Cowl lies in South Africa, in KwaZulu-Natal.

Key facts

Elevation
2,815 m (9,236 ft)
Approximate elevation, from a digital elevation model
Type
Mountain
Region
KwaZulu-Natal
Coordinates
-29.080, 29.343

How it ranks

Among peaks in South Africa
#28of 48
LargestSmallest
In the Drakensberg
#18of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#4,876of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Champagne Castle3,377 m2.0 km
Gatberg2,318 m4.0 km
Pampiring3,328 m6.4 km
Witch Peak3,093 m7.7 km
Triplets3,136 m13 km
Mafadi3,450 m14 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Monk’s Cowl.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
WembesiSouth Africa33,84943 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44452 km
Mooi RiverSouth Africa21,73065 km
LadysmithSouth Africa143,44672 km
PhuthaditjhabaSouth Africa84,25880 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.