Mafadi

thumb|Maifadi mountain top. A morning thunderstorm approaches from the North West. Champagne's Castle (South Africa's third highest mountain at 3377m) visible on the horizon. Also the prominent Cathkin Peak in the center of the photo. Below the escarpment, clouds cover the valleys of the lower Drakensberg (South Africa). Maifadi is a peak on the border of South Africa and Lesotho. At a height of , 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 , the highest point in Southern Africa.

Key facts

Mountain.name: Maifadi
Mountain.elevation_m: 3446.1
Mountain.map: South Africa#Lesotho
Mountain.map_caption: Location of Maifadi in South Africa (on border with Lesotho)
Mountain.map_size: 225
Mountain.label_position: right
Mountain.listing: Country high pointList of mountains in South Africa
Mountain.location: South Africa and Lesotho
Mountain.range: Drakensberg

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Elevation: 3450
Image: Mafadi mountain top.jpg

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By the Himalayan definition of a mountain, being a summit with at least 7% topographic prominence relative to height, Maifadi is not in fact a mountain summit, but rather a subsidiary summit of Makheka in Lesotho. By this definition, Champagne Castle is the highest mountain summit in South Africa, although Maifadi is unquestionably the highest point in South Africa.