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Drakensberg

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Thabana Ntlenyana (3482 m/11,424 ft)
Countries	South Africa (77%), Mozambique (11%), Lesotho (8%), Eswatini (4%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	KwaZulu-Natal (23%), Limpopo (18%), Mpumalanga (15%), Eastern Cape (15%), Free State (6%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	402,418 sq km / 155,374 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,169 km / 727 mi North-South 1,109 km / 689 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	27° 26' S; 29° 55' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Drakensberg
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Southern Africa	Level 2 (Parent)
Angola Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Zambia Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Malawi Highlands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Kalahari	Level 3 (Sibling)
Zimbabwe Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
South Africa Plateau	Level 3 (Sibling)
Drakensberg	Level 3
Cape Ranges	Level 3 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Drakensberg

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Thabana Ntlenyana	3482	11,424
2.	Makheka	3462	11,358
3.	Mafadi	3451	11,322
4.	Thaba-Putsoa	3440+	11,286+
5.	Lithotobolong Southwest	3440+	11,286+
6.	Tsepeng	3431	11,257
7.	Khubetsoana	3425	11,237
8.	Makoaneng	3416	11,207
9.	Injasuti Dome	3410	11,188
10.	kaNtuba	3401	11,158
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Drakensberg

Thabana Ntlenyana Thabana Ntlenyana (2017-09-24). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mafadi Mafadi summit with great team (2015 Winter Ascent) Photo by Herman Kalmer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Giant's Castle Giant's Castle Peak from the top of the Long Wall (2014-03-23). Photo by Jonathan Newman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Phofung Summit of Mont Aux sources 2016 Photo by Herman Kalmer. Click here for larger-size photo.
Namahadi Peak Namahadi as seen from the saddle between it and Flat Top (2015-08-10). Photo by Jonathan Newman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Die Berg View to the north from Die Berg (2017-08-26). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.
Iron Crown Beacon at the top (2015-07-12). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.

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