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Spion Kop

1,460 m4,790 ft

Prominence: 250 m819 ft
Isolation: 23 km
Tonight: 11°CFair · Wind 8 km/h SW

Spion Kop is a 1,460 m (4,790 ft) mountain in the Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

All facts

Elevation: 1,460 m · 4,790 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cathedral Peak (3,004 m)
Range: Drakensberg
Region: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Coordinates: 28.6493° S, 29.5190° E

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3D map

Spion Kop 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

Spion Kop terrain and contours

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

Spion Kop elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Spion Kop weather

Tonight · Fair · 11°C (52°F) · Wind 8 km/h SW

Spion Kop forecast for the summit, about 1,460 m.

Tonight11°–8 km/h SW
Today11°26°–19 km/h SE
Sun12°31°0.3 mm31 km/h SE
Mon15°29°0.9 mm24 km/h NW
Tue11°26°–30 km/h SE
Wed12°21°–7 km/h NE
Thu12°24°–15 km/h E
Fri14°25°–12 km/h E
Sat17°32°–6 km/h S
Sun16°28°0.4 mm17 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: 82% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

82.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

16.3%

Steep, 30–45°

1.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 1.7% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 445 m low point 1,020 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 57.1%Shrubland 27.3%Trees 10.0%Cropland 4.4%Bare rock / sparse 0.6%

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 km; 39 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Plains Zebra3
Familiar Chat3
Cape Griffon2
Common lantana2
Elegant grasshopper2
Goldblotch gladiolus2

Where it sits

Where Spion Kop sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Chrissie1,674 m267 km NNE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGSpion Kop 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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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,465 m at the summit; the official height is 1,460 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,460 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,465 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,464 m	+4 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 · Wikipedia