Table Mountain
Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many visitors using the cableway or hiking to the top.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,085 metres
- Description: mountain in Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Tabel Mountain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Table Mountain National Park and Table Mountain (Maclear’s beacon).
Table Mountain National Park
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Table Mountain National Park is a 221-km² park in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It protects the natural environment of the Table Mountain Chain, and in particular the rare fynbos vegetation.
Table Mountain (Maclear’s beacon)
Peak
Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination. The beacon is situated on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa.
Waterworks Museum
Museum
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Waterworks Museum is located on the northern side of Table Mountain, between the Woodhead and Hely-Hutchinson Reservoirs, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakoven and Camps Bay.
Bakoven
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakoven is a small residential suburb on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula, in the southwest of Camps Bay. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. Bakoven is situated 3 km west of Table Mountain.
Camps Bay
Photo: Octagon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Camps Bay is a suburb in Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. Founded as Kamps Baai it was once considered to become Cape Town's harbour. It has become a tourism hot spot because it offers a great combination of restaurants, bars, amenities, accommodation and a fantastic beach, all very close to each other.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall. Newlands is situated 4½ km east of Table Mountain.
Table Mountain
- Categories: mountain, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Table Mountain” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Tafelberg”
- Arabic: “جبل تيبل”
- Armenian: “. Սեղանաձև լեռ”
- Armenian: “Սեղանաձև լեռ”
- Asturian: “Monte de la Mesa”
- Basque: “Table Mountain”
- Belarusian: “Сталовая гара, Паўднёвая Афрыка”
- Belarusian: “Сталовая гара”
- Bengali: “টেবিল পর্বত”
- Betawi: “Gunung Méja”
- Bulgarian: “Тейбъл”
- Catalan: “Muntanya de la Taula”
- Catalan: “Table Mountain”
- Catalan: “Tafelberg”
- Cebuano: “Table Mountain (bukid sa Habagatang Aprika, Province of the Western Cape)”
- Cebuano: “Table Mountain”
- Central Bikol: “Table Mountain”
- Chinese: “桌山”
- Croatian: “Stolna planina”
- Croatian: “Table”
- Czech: “Stolová hora”
- Czech: “Table Mountain”
- Czech: “Tafelberg”
- Danish: “Taffelbjerget”
- Dutch: “Table Mountain”
- Dutch: “Tafelberg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تيبل”
- Esperanto: “Tablomonto”
- Estonian: “Laudmägi”
- Finnish: “Pöytävuori”
- French: “montagne de la Table”
- French: “Montagne de la Table”
- French: “Table Mountain”
- French: “Tafelberg”
- Georgian: “მაგიდის მთა”
- German: “Tafelberg”
- Hebrew: “הר השולחן”
- Hindi: “टेबल माउंटन”
- Hungarian: “Tábla-hegy”
- Igbo: “Ugwu Tebụlụ”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Meja”
- Indonesian: “Table Mountain”
- Italian: “Montagna della Tavola”
- Italian: “Table Mountain”
- Italian: “Tafelberg”
- Japanese: “テーブル・マウンテン”
- Japanese: “テーブルマウンテン”
- Japanese: “テーブル山”
- Kannada: “ಟೇಬಲ್ ಪರ್ವತ”
- Korean: “테이블 마운틴”
- Korean: “테이블 산”
- Korean: “테이블마운틴”
- Korean: “테이블산”
- Ladin: “Crëp de la Mëisa”
- Latvian: “Tafelbērhs”
- Lithuanian: “Stalo kalnas”
- Luxembourgish: “Tafelberg”
- Macedonian: “Трпезна Планина”
- Malay: “Table Mountain”
- Malayalam: “Table Mountain”
- Malayalam: “ടേബിൾ പർവ്വതം”
- Malayalam: “ടേബിൾ പർവ്വതം”
- Marathi: “टेबल माउंटन”
- Mongolian: “Ширээ уул (Өмнөд Африк)”
- Mongolian: “Ширээ уул”
- Nepali: “टेबल हिमाल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Table Mountain”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taffelberg”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taffelberget”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Taffelfjellet”
- Norwegian: “Table Mountain”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Montanha de la Taula”
- Persian: “کوه تیبل”
- Persian: “کوهٔ تیبل”
- Persian: “کوه میز”
- Polish: “Góra Stołowa”
- Polish: “Table Mountain National Park”
- Polish: “Table Mountain”
- Polish: “Tafelberg”
- Portuguese: “Montanha da Mesa”
- Portuguese: “Monte Mesa”
- Portuguese: “Tábua do Cabo”
- Romanian: “Muntele Masa”
- Romanian: “Muntele Masă”
- Russian: “Столовая гора”
- Russian: “Столовая”
- Russian: “Тафелберг”
- Russian: “Тафельберг”
- Serbian: “Стона планина”
- Slovenian: “Mizasta gora”
- Slovenian: “Table Mountain”
- Spanish: “Montaña de la Mesa”
- Spanish: “Table Mountain”
- Swahili: “Mlima wa Meza”
- Swedish: “Table Mountain National Park”
- Swedish: “Table Mountain nationalpark”
- Swedish: “Table Mountain”
- Swedish: “Taffelberget”
- Tamil: “மேசை மலை”
- Thai: “ภูเขาโต๊ะ”
- Turkish: “Tafelberg”
- Ukrainian: “Столова гора”
- Urdu: “ٹیبل ماؤنٹین”
- Venetian: “Montagna della Tavola”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Bàn”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Table”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bukid Lamesa”
- Waray (Philippines): “Table Mountain”
- Welsh: “Mynydd y Bwrdd”
- Western Frisian: “Tafelberch”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ٹیبل”
- Wu Chinese: “桌山”
- Zeeuws: “Taefelberg”
- Zulu: “Table Mountain”
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