Mafadi

Mafadi
Mafadi Location of Mafadi in South Africa (on border with Lesotho)
Highest point
Elevation	3,446.1 m (11,306 ft)
Listing	Country high point List of mountains in South Africa
Coordinates	29°12′08.4″S 29°21′25.5″E / 29.202333°S 29.357083°E / -29.202333; 29.357083
Geography
Location	South Africa and Lesotho
Parent range	Drakensberg

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.