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Mafadi

3,450 m11,319 ft

Prominence: 139 m456 ft
Isolation: 7.3 km
Tonight: 3°CClear · Wind 14 km/h W

Mafadi is a 3,450 m (11,319 ft) mountain in the Maloti Mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

All facts

Elevation: 3,450 m · 11,319 ft
Range: Maloti Mountains
Region: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Coordinates: 29.2026° S, 29.3574° E

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3D map

Mafadi 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mafadi 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

Mafadi elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mafadi weather

Tonight · Clear · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 14 km/h W

Mafadi forecast for the summit, about 3,450 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,998 m.

Tonight3°–14 km/h WBase 12°
Today4°11°0.9 mm19 km/h NBase 13 / 20°
Sun5°15°1.5 mm28 km/h WBase 14 / 23°
Mon5°14°9.4 mm31 km/h NWBase 14 / 23°
Tue1°13°0.1 mm15 km/h WBase 10 / 22°
Wed3°9°0.3 mm8 km/h EBase 12 / 17°
Thu4°8°2.6 mm12 km/h NEBase 13 / 17°
Fri6°11°0.3 mm8 km/h NEBase 15 / 20°
Sat8°17°–13 km/h SEBase 17 / 26°
Sun5°12°13.0 mm9 km/h NEBase 14 / 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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mafadi

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mafadi, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
5.2 km NNE
+1 more within 6.9 km
Directions Map
Nearest hut
Centenery Hut
6.8 km E
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Campsite	5.2 km NNE
Centenery HutHut	6.8 km E
Campsite	6.9 km NNE

Slope

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

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

36.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

49.7%

Steep, 30–45°

10.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.9%

Steeper than 30°: 14.0% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,451 m low point 1,998 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 99.0%Shrubland 0.8%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mafadi summit.

Summit list 8

1Njesuthi3,410 m 1.4 km E
2Red Wall3,337 m 1.6 km N
3Western Triplet3,190 m 1.9 km NE
4Middle Triplet2,946 m 1.9 km NE
5Lithobolong3,375 m 2.1 km NW
6Eastern Triplet3,150 m 2.2 km NE
7Trojan Wall3,354 m 2.2 km E
8Injisuthi Lesser Buttress3,212 m 2.5 km N

Where it sits

Where Mafadi sits

Ranked in 1

#30 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMafadi 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?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,449 m at the summit; the official height is 3,450 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,450 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,449 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,447 m	-3 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

Mafadi

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Nearest hut

Data sources