Thabana Ntlenyana

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The Thabana Ntlenyana ( Sesotho; German: " Beautiful little mountain", also Thabantshonyana, " Black little mountain ") is the highest peak in the Drakensberg mountains in southern Africa.

It is located in the east of the Kingdom of Lesotho and has a height of 3,482 meters above sea level. It is made of basalt and is surrounded by similar high mountains; the peak is not very pronounced.

The Thabana Ntlenyana is the highest mountain in Africa south of Mount Meru, the south of Kilimanjaro is only slightly.