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Southern Africa

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Thabana Ntlenyana (3482 m/11,424 ft)
Countries	Congo DRC (19%), Angola (17%), South Africa (17%), Namibia (11%), Mozambique (11%), Zambia (10%), Botswana (8%), Zimbabwe (5%), Malawi (1%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	7,295,368 sq km / 2,816,745 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	4,114 km / 2,556 mi North-South 3,110 km / 1,933 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	16° 20' S; 26° 17' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Southern Africa
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Southern Africa.

Africa	Level 1 (Parent)
Atlas Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Sahara Desert Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
West Africa Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Ethiopian Highlands	Level 2 (Sibling)
East Africa Mountains	Level 2 (Sibling)
Southern Africa	Level 2
Angola Plateau	Level 3 (Child)
Zambia Plateau	Level 3 (Child)
Malawi Highlands	Level 3 (Child)
Kalahari	Level 3 (Child)
Zimbabwe Plateau	Level 3 (Child)
South Africa Plateau	Level 3 (Child)
Drakensberg	Level 3 (Child)
Cape Ranges	Level 3 (Child)
Mid-Atlantic Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)
Indian Ocean Islands	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Southern Africa

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Thabana Ntlenyana	3482	11,424	Drakensberg
2.	Makheka	3462	11,358	Drakensberg
3.	Mafadi	3451	11,322	Drakensberg
4.	Thaba-Putsoa	3440+	11,286+	Drakensberg
5.	Lithotobolong Southwest	3440+	11,286+	Drakensberg
6.	Tsepeng	3431	11,257	Drakensberg
7.	Khubetsoana	3425	11,237	Drakensberg
8.	Makoaneng	3416	11,207	Drakensberg
9.	Injasuti Dome	3410	11,188	Drakensberg
10.	kaNtuba	3401	11,158	Drakensberg
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Thabana Ntlenyana	3482	11,424	Drakensberg
2.	Sapitwa Peak	3002	9849	Malawi Highlands
3.	Moro de Môco	2620	8596	Angola Plateau
4.	Mount Nyangani	2593	8507	Zimbabwe Plateau
5.	Brandberg	2573	8442	Kalahari
6.	Kompasberg	2503	8212	Cape Ranges
7.	Murch Point	2156	7073	South Africa Plateau
8.	Sunzu	2067	6781	Zambia Plateau

Photos of Peaks in the Southern Africa

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.	Mount Nyangani A radiant Rosie resting on Inyangani, Zimbabwe (1992-06-21). Photo by Ashley Watson. Click here for larger-size photo.
Brandberg The impressive palisades of the Brandberg, including Namibia's highest peak, the Königstein (2011-04-27). Photo by Evan Strydom. Click here for larger-size photo.	Chilemba Chilemba (left) and Chilemba 2 (right of the saddle) from the Lichenya Plateau on Malawi's Mulanje Massif (2016-02-14). Photo by Amy Ransom. 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.	Seweweekspoortpiek Snow en route to Seweweekspoort Peak (2016-08-08). Photo by Tobias Coetzee. Click here for larger-size photo.

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