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Brandberg
Brandberg (Dâures, "burning mountain") is Namibia's highest mountain, a 2,573 m granite massif in the Erongo Region near Uis, formed 132-130 million years ago and holding over 45,000 San rock paintings, including the White Lady of Tsisab Gorge.
Compassberg
Compassberg (Kompasberg), 2,504 m, is the highest peak of the Sneeuberg range on South Africa's Great Escarpment, near Nieu-Bethesda in the Eastern Cape; a free-standing dolerite peak, second-highest in the province, with the endemic Compassberg Skolly butterfly.
Die Berg
Die Berg (De Berg), peak in Thaba Chweu, Mpumalanga, South Africa; highest point of Steenkampsberg and of Mpumalanga at about 2,331 m, prominence 676 m, isolation 292.59 km.
Mafadi
Mafadi (also Ntheledi) is a 3,446 m peak on the Drakensberg escarpment border and the highest point in South Africa, lower than Lesotho's Thabana Ntlenyana; its name was borrowed from a Lesotho peak in 1971.
Monte Binga
Monte Binga (Mount Binga), 2,436 m, is Mozambique's highest point, a quartzite summit on the Zimbabwe border in the Chimanimani Mountains of Manica Province, within Chimanimani National Park.
Mount Namuli
Mount Namuli (Monte Namúli), a 2,419 m granitic inselberg massif in Gurué District, Zambézia, Mozambique; the country's second highest point, a Key Biodiversity Area, Important Plant Area, and Lomwe sacred site with endemic species and no formal protection.
Mount Nyangani (mountain)
Mount Nyangani, formerly Mount Inyangani, is Zimbabwe's highest mountain at 2,592 m (8,504 ft), a dolerite-sill peak in Nyanga National Park, Manicaland, in the Eastern Highlands near Mutare.
Mount Sunzu
Mount Sunzu is a peak in Mbala District, Northern Province, Zambia, whose 2,067 m summit is the district's highest ground, near Lake Tanganyika and the Tanzanian border.
Mulanje
Mulanje (Mount Mulanje, Mulanje Massif) is Malawi's highest mountain, 3,002 m, in the southeast near Mozambique; granite-syenite block with endemic Mulanje cedar, isolated Ruo River fish fauna, and 2025 UNESCO World Heritage listing.
Sapitwa
Sapitwa, on the Mulanje Massif in southern Malawi, is the country's highest point at 3,002 m and the highest summit in south-central Africa. Its Chichewa name means "don't go there"; the peak is sacred to Yao, Mang'anja, and Lhomwe traditions and lies in a UNESCO biosphere reserve and 2025 World Heritage site.
Seweweekspoortpiek
Seweweekspoortpiek (Seven Weeks Defile Peak) is a 2,325 m summit in the Klein Swartberg, Western Cape, South Africa; the province's highest point and a Cape Fold Belt ultra with 1,545 m prominence.
Thabana Ntlenyana
Thabana Ntlenyana, meaning "beautiful little mountain" in Sesotho, is the highest mountain in northeastern Lesotho. It is also the highest point in the Drakensberg–Maloti system and southern Africa.