Ben Macdhui (South Africa)
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Ben Macdhui is a 3001 metres (9,845.8 ft) mountain
in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
. It was named after Ben Macdhui
in Scotland
. It is the highest peak entirely within the Eastern Cape; KwaDuma
is higher, but it lies on the border with Lesotho.
Mountain
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in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It was named after Ben Macdhui
Ben Macdhui (Scotland)
Ben Macdui is the second highest mountain in the United Kingdom after Ben Nevis, and the highest in the Cairngorms. After the defeat of Domnall mac Uilliam in 1187, Donnchad II, Earl of Fife, acquired Strathavon, territory stretching from Ballindalloch to Ben Macdui; because the mountain marked...
in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. It is the highest peak entirely within the Eastern Cape; KwaDuma
KwaDuma
KwaDuma is a peak in the Drakensberg mountains on the border between Lesotho and South Africa. At a height of , it is the highest peak in South Africa's Eastern Cape province....
is higher, but it lies on the border with Lesotho.