Mountain · Sneeuberge · Eastern Cape

Compassberg

2,502 m8,209 ft

Prominence: 748 m2,454 ft
Isolation: 61 km
Tonight: 7°CFair · Wind 8 km/h NW

Compassberg is a 2,502 m (8,209 ft) mountain in the Sneeuberge, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

All facts

Elevation: 2,502 m · 8,209 ft
Range: Sneeuberge
Region: Eastern Cape, South Africa
Coordinates: 31.7587° S, 24.5399° E

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3D map

Compassberg 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 7 × 7 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Compassberg terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Compassberg elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Compassberg weather

Tonight · Fair · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 8 km/h NW

Compassberg forecast for the summit, about 2,502 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,521 m.

Tonight7°–8 km/h NWBase 12°
Today5°20°–20 km/h SBase 11 / 26°
Sun5°18°0.7 mm26 km/h SBase 11 / 23°
Mon4°20°2.9 mm30 km/h WBase 9 / 25°
Tue2°13°–12 km/h SEBase 8 / 18°
Wed6°18°–15 km/h SBase 11 / 23°
Thu10°23°–15 km/h SBase 15 / 28°
Fri15°27°–13 km/h NWBase 21 / 32°
Sat7°30°1.8 mm21 km/h SBase 12 / 35°
Sun5°16°0.5 mm17 km/h SBase 10 / 21°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 57% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

56.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

35.7%

Steep, 30–45°

7.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 7.5% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view: 931 m low point 1,521 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 86.7%Shrubland 12.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.5 km; 145 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Pig's ear9
Poison-bulb8
Kamiesberg Ragwort7
Bitterbush6
Lootsberg Sheepfig6
Kangaroo Grass5

Where it sits

Where Compassberg sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Valley of Desolation957 m59 km S

Downloads

Compassberg downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCompassberg satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-11.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

50 m low This 3D map reads 2,452 m at the summit; the official height is 2,502 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 68 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,502 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,452 m	-50 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,434 m	-68 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-03-11)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia