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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 ...
Table Mountain is a 702-metre (2,303 ft) peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland.With a prominence of only 16 metres (52 ft), it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.
There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])
Of the 50 most prominent summits of the United States, only Denali exceeds 5000 meters (16,404 feet) of topographic prominence, three peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet), ten peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet), 45 peaks exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet), and all 50 peaks exceed 1932 meters (6339 feet) of topographic prominence.
Height above sea level Mount Allison: 218152: Alameda: 2,612 feet (796 m) ... 2,772 feet (845 m) Table Mountain: 235956: Santa Clara: 1,854 feet (565 m) Mount Thayer ...
Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea, Hualalai and Mauna Kea, the volume can only be estimated based on surface area and height of the edifice.
Its southeast face drops 2,400 feet (730 m) in less than one horizontal mile (1.6 km.), and is topped by an almost vertical 800-foot (240 m) cliff. [3] Table Mountain is joined by the similar Greenleaf Peak to the northeast, and also by Hamilton Mountain to the southwest, which is lower, (2,438 ft or 743 m), but similarly steep and much closer ...
Table Mountain (11,111 feet (3,387 m)) is located in the Teton Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The peak is on the border of Grand Teton National Park and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness of Caribou-Targhee National Forest. [3] Table Mountain is west of the south fork of Cascade Canyon and a little more than 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Hurricane Pass.