Mafadi

Mafadi
Mafadi is located in South Africa
Mafadi
Mafadi
Location of Mafadi in South Africa (on border with Lesotho)
Highest point
Elevation3,446.1 m (11,306 ft)
ListingCountry high point
List of mountains in South Africa
Coordinates29°12′08.4″S 29°21′25.5″E / 29.202333°S 29.357083°E / -29.202333; 29.357083
Geography
LocationSouth Africa and Lesotho
Parent rangeDrakensberg
Mafadi mountain top. A morning thunderstorm approaches from the North West. Champagne's Castle (South Africa's third highest mountain at 3377m) visible on the horizon. Also the prominent Cathkin Peak in the center of the photo. Below the escarpment, clouds cover the valleys of the lower Drakensberg (South Africa).

Mafadi is a peak on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. At a height of 3,446.1 metres (11,306 ft),[1] it is the highest mountain in the nation of South Africa, but is lower than Thabana Ntlenyana, the highest peak in Lesotho which is, at 3,482 metres (11,424 ft), the highest point in Southern Africa.

By the Himalayan definition of a mountain, being a summit with at least 7% topographic prominence relative to height, Mafadi is not in fact a mountain summit, but rather a subsidiary summit of Makheka in Lesotho.[2] By this definition, Champagne Castle is the highest mountain summit in South Africa, although Mafadi is unquestionably the highest point in South Africa.

  1. ^ Slingsby 1983.
  2. ^ "Mafadi - Peakbagger.com". www.peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.