Monk’s Cowl
Monk's Cowl is a mountain in the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal. It is part of the Drakensberg Escarpment that forms the border between South Africa and Lesotho.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathkin Peak and Champagne Castle.
Champagne Castle
Peak
Photo: Lithium81, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Champagne Castle is a mountain in the central Drakensberg range, and is the second highest peak in South Africa. It contains a series of subsidiary peaks, amongst them, Cathkin Peak, Sterkhorn, Monk's Cowl and Dragon's Back.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Monk’s Cowl Nature Reserve.
Monk’s Cowl Nature Reserve
Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Monk's Cowl Nature Reserve is in Northern Drakensberg, South Africa.
Monk’s Cowl
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,815 metres
- Description: mountain in South Africa
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Okhahlamba Local Municipality, Uthukela District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.08053° or 29° 4′ 50″ southLongitude
29.34505° or 29° 20′ 42″ eastElevation
2,815 metres (9,236 feet)Open location code
5G2FW89W+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2723860779OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Dutch—“Monk’s Cowl” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Monk’s Cowl”
- Asturian: “Monk’s Cowl”
- Cebuano: “Monk’s Cowl”
- Dutch: “Monk’s Cowl”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monk’s Cowl”. Photo: Darren Glanville, CC BY-SA 2.0.