Signal Hill
Signal Hill, or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain. The hill was also known as "The Lion's Flank", a term now obsolete. Together with Lion's Head, Signal Hill looks like a lion sphinx.
Photo: Zaian, Public domain.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 350 metres
- Description: mountain in Cape Town
- Also known as: “Lion’s Rump” and “シグナルヒル”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cape Town Stadium and Iziko South African Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Schotsche Kloof and Bo-Kaap.
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa, formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
Bo-Kaap
Neighborhood
Signal Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.917° or 33° 55′ 1″ south
Longitude
18.40391° or 18° 24′ 14″ east
Elevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)
Open location code
4FRW3CM3+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Signal Hill” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Seinheuwel”
- Asturian: “Signal Hill”
- Cebuano: “Signal Hill (tumoy sa bukid)”
- Cebuano: “Signal Hill”
- Chinese: “信号山”
- Dutch: “Seinheuwel”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سيجنال هيل”
- Finnish: “Signal Hill”
- French: “Signal Hill”
- German: “Signal Hill”
- Italian: “Signal Hill”
- Japanese: “シグナル・ヒル”
- Ladin: “Signal Hill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Signal Hill”
- Norwegian: “Signal Hill”
- Persian: “تپه سیگنال (کیپتاون)”
- Persian: “تپه سیگنال”
- Russian: “Сигнал-Хилл”
- Slovenian: “Signal Hill”
- Swedish: “Signal Hill, Kapstaden”
- Turkish: “Signal Hill (Cape Town)”
- Turkish: “Signal Hill”
- Venetian: “Signal Hill”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Three Anchor Bay and Tamboerskloof.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Paraglider Launch and Signal Hill Frame.
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Worth a closer look: Cape Town and Robben Island.
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