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Otse Hill

Coordinates: 25°00′30″S 25°42′57″E / 25.00833°S 25.71583°E / -25.00833; 25.71583
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Otse Hill
Otse Hill is located in Botswana
Otse Hill
Otse Hill
Location in Botswana
Highest point
Elevation1,491 m (4,892 ft)1:50,000 scale Botswana government topographic map, trig station
ListingCountry high point
Coordinates25°00′30″S 25°42′57″E / 25.00833°S 25.71583°E / -25.00833; 25.71583
Geography
LocationOtse, South-East District,
Botswana

Otse Hill is a peak often cited as the highest point of Botswana, with a reported altitude of 1,491 metres (4,891 feet). It is located in the village of Otse, South-East District. Its highest cell on SRTM data is 1,486 meters - 4875 feet. The 1999 Department of Surveys and Mapping (Gaborone) 1:50,000 scale topographic map shows a "trigonometrical station" on the Otse Peak summit with an elevation of 1,491 meters - 4892 feet.

The Monalanong Hill (at a SRTM-derived altitude of 1,494 metres - 4,902 feet) or the Tsodilo Hills (at an altitude of about 1400 metres - 4,593 feet) are also often given as the highest point in Botswana.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ (in English) Territorial Highest points Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, World Heritage Site, accessed on April 10, 2009.

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