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Mountain · Lesotho + South Africa · Drakensberg

Njesuthi

Elevation
3,408 m
#2,627
in the world
#3
in Lesotho

Njesuthi is a mountain in Lesotho and South Africa, rising to 3,408 m, the 3rd highest we list in Lesotho, part of the Drakensberg.

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

Where it is

Njesuthi

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

Key facts

Elevation
3,408 m (11,181 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Coordinates
-29.205, 29.371

How it ranks

Among peaks in Lesotho
#3of 27
LargestSmallest
In the Drakensberg
#2of 22
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,627of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Mafadi3,450 m1.4 km
Triplets3,136 m1.5 km
Popple Peak3,331 m4.4 km
The Judge3,073 m4.7 km
Makheka3,456 m8.5 km
Erskine3,123 m12 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Njesuthi.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
WembesiSouth Africa33,84944 km
EstcourtSouth Africa26,44453 km
Mooi RiverSouth Africa21,73061 km
Thaba-TsekaLesotho16,76582 km
LadysmithSouth Africa143,44682 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.