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Table Mountain is the northernmost end of a 50-kilometre-long (30 mi) and roughly six-to-ten-kilometre-wide (4 to 6 mi) Cape Fold Mountain range that forms the backbone of the Cape Peninsula, stretching from the Cape of Good Hope in the south to Table Mountain and its flanking Devil's Peak (to the east) and Lion's Head and Signal Hill (to the ...
The mountain is located eight miles (13 km) southeast of Yellowstone Lake, and 2.18 miles (3.51 km) southwest of Eagle Peak which is the nearest higher peak, [5] as well as the park's highest point. Table Mountain is the highest mountain entirely within the park because Eagle Peak and Mount Schurz (second highest) are set on the park's boundary ...
Table Mountain National Park, previously known as the Cape Peninsula National Park, is a national park in Cape Town, South Africa, proclaimed on 29 May 1998, for the purpose of protecting the natural environment of the Table Mountain chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
The average height above sea level is 750 m, compared to 1,060 m for Table Mountain. [1] Under the Dutch East India Company , the range was known as the Castle Mountains (Dutch: Kasteelbergen ) or Gable Mountains (Dutch: Gevelbergen ).
Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa.It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town.The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.
Table Mountain is located near the northern end of the Great Western Divide, a sub-range of the Sierra Nevada in California. The summit marks a point on the boundary between Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks and is 0.6 miles (1 km) south of Thunder Mountain and 1.3 miles (2.1 km) northeast of Midway Mountain.
Tafelberg (literally "Table Mountain") is one of the highest mountains in Suriname at 1,026 metres (3,366 ft). It is a tepui and is part of the Tafelberg Nature Reserve. The mountain is in the Sipaliwini District. The Rudi Kappel Airstrip, former name: Tafelberg Airstrip, is nearby. [1]
The landscape of the Table Mountains began to form 70 million years ago. The range's unique shape is a result of hundreds of thousands of years of erosion. There are several notable rock formations, among them Kwoka ("Hen"), Wielblad ("Camel") and Glowa wielkoluda ("Giant’s head"). Also, there is a sophisticated system of corridors which ...