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Immediately to the south of Table Mountain is a rugged "plateau" at a somewhat lower elevation than the Table Mountain Plateau (at about 1,000 m or 3,300 ft), called the "Back Table". The "Back Table" extends southwards for approximately 6 km to the Constantia Nek - Hout Bay valley.
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.
A tableland is an area containing elevated landforms characterized by a distinct, flat, nearly level, or gently undulating surface. They often exhibit steep, cliff-like edges, known as escarpments, that separate them from surrounding lowlands.
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 ).
North Table Mountain and South Table Mountain are capped by the eroded remnants of a Miocene lava flow. [1] The dense, black basalt that caps North Table Mountain and South Table Mountain was initially called the Older Basalt. [2] Later it was renamed the Lovejoy Formation.
Israel wasted no time after Bashar al-Assad’s fall to bomb all the Syrian military assets it wanted to keep out of the rebels’ hands – striking nearly 500 targets, destroying the navy, and ...
Table Mountain is a large flat-topped mountain overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. Table Mountain may also refer to: Table mountain or table, also called a mesa , butte , flank of a mountain, or mountain, that has a flat top