Ascension Buttress
Ascension Buttress is a peak in Western Cape, South Africa and has an elevation of 563 metres. Ascension Buttress is situated nearby to the suburb Newlands, as well as near Oranjezicht.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newlands and Bakoven.
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.
Bakoven
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bakoven is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of Cape Town, South Africa. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres of mountain Nature Reserve.
Woodstock
Suburb
Woodstock is one of the earliest suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, between the docks of Table Bay and the lower slopes of Devil's Peak, about 1 kilometre east of the city centre of Cape Town.
Ascension Buttress
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 563 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.96633° or 33° 57′ 59″ southLongitude
18.42868° or 18° 25′ 43″ eastElevation
563 metres (1,847 feet)Open location code
4FRW2CMH+FFOpenStreetMap ID
node 7222173953OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
3370362
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Localities in the Area
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