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Isandlwana

1,284 m4,213 ft

Prominence: 71 m231 ft
Isolation: 1.9 km
Tonight: 12°CCloudy · Wind 11 km/h NE

Isandlwana is a 1,284 m (4,213 ft) mountain in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

All facts

Elevation: 1,284 m · 4,213 ft
Nearest higher peak: Impati Mountain (1,595 m)
Range: Drakensberg
Region: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Coordinates: 28.3518° S, 30.6518° E

Open the 3D view

3D map

Isandlwana 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Isandlwana topographic map

20 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 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Isandlwana elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGIsandlwana satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Isandlwana weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 12°C (54°F) · Wind 11 km/h NE

Isandlwana forecast for the summit, about 1,284 m.

Tonight12°–11 km/h NE
Today13°27°–23 km/h NE
Sun15°33°1.1 mm29 km/h E
Mon16°30°4.0 mm24 km/h N
Tue10°24°0.7 mm23 km/h SE
Wed10°22°–17 km/h S
Thu11°25°–16 km/h E
Fri11°25°–16 km/h NE
Sat17°32°–10 km/h NE
Sun16°27°0.2 mm16 km/h E

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 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

95.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

4.9%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 366 m low point 998 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 73.7%Shrubland 13.6%Cropland 6.4%Trees 3.8%Built-up 1.5%Bare rock / sparse 0.9%

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

Where it sits

Where Isandlwana sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Lake Chrissie1,674 m229 km N

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

18 m high This 3D map reads 1,302 m at the summit; the official height is 1,284 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model measures the surface, snow, ice and trees included, and official heights can come from older surveys.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,284 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,302 m	+18 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,291 m	+7 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 2026-01-27)
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