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Mountain · Botswana

Otse

Elevation
1,491 m
#11,399
in the world
#1
in Botswana

Otse is a mountain in Botswana, rising to 1,491 m, the highest point in Botswana.

Nearest town
22 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Otse

Otse lies in Botswana.

Key facts

Elevation
1,491 m (4,892 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Coordinates
-25.017, 25.717

How it ranks

Among peaks in Botswana
#1of 8
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#11,399of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Rooiberg1,540 m209 km
Swartkop1,539 m259 km
Mabeleapodi Hill1,205 m283 km
Sete Hill1,111 m304 km
Sephikamolelo Hill1,203 m311 km
Phalachwe Hill1,100 m315 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Otse.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
RamotswaBotswana33,27122 km
LobatseBotswana29,77224 km
KanyeBotswana48,02839 km
GabaneBotswana20,02740 km
MosopaBotswana23,85840 km

About this mountain

Otse stands at 1,491 m, making it the highest peak listed in Botswana but lower than its nearest neighbours in the dataset: Rooiberg at 1,540 m lies 209.2 km away, and Swartkop at 1,539 m is 258.7 km distant. The mountain is 22.4 km from Ramotswa and 23.5 km from Lobatse.

Written from the figures on this page by an AI model, then checked against them automatically. No sources beyond the data shown here were used.

Tallest in the country

The highest peaks in this country, by elevation
#PeakElevation
1Otse1,491 m
2Mabeleapodi Hill1,205 m
3Sephikamolelo Hill1,203 m
4Matuba1,167 m
5Mount Aha1,153 m
6Machibaba Hill1,152 m
7Sete Hill1,111 m
8Phalachwe Hill1,100 m

Common questions

How tall is Otse?
Otse rises to 1,491 m (4,892 ft). Surveyed elevation, GeoNames.
Where is Otse?
Otse is in Botswana.
Where does Otse rank?
It is the 1st highest of the 8 peaks we list in Botswana, and #11,399 worldwide.
What is the nearest city to Otse?
Ramotswa, Botswana, about 22 km away.

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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.