Large natural semi-circular hollow in the Drakensburg Mountain Range, North of the Lesetho border, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Takes its name from its shape!
Place record
Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range
- Coordinates
- 28.3200, -28.2700
- Updated
- 26 May 2020

The Drakensburg Mountian Range Image source
Location Map
Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range
How we know this
- 01New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper
Last updated · 26 May 2020
South African History Online. (2016, September 22). Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121970
South African History Online (2016) 'Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range', South African History Online, 22 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121970 (Accessed: 23 July 2026).
South African History Online, Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121970, (accessed 23 July 2026).
"Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range." South African History Online, 22 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121970. Accessed 23 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Amphitheatre, Drakensburg Mountain Range." South African History Online. September 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/P-0121970.
Further reading
uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park
Tugela River and Waterfalls, in the Drakensberg
Drakensberg Mountain Range, Lesotho
'Aba Mponjwana', Drakensberg Mountains
Ghwarrie Poort
Ohrigstad
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