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Tafelberg

Tafelberg is a large flat-topped hill in , an island state in the Dutch Caribbean. The Tafelberg mesa is in southeastern Curaçao, near the Santa Barbara beach.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 240 metres
  • Description: large hill in Curaçao
  • Also known as: “Santa Barbara”, “Santa Barbara Table Mountain”, “Santa Barbara Tafelberg”, and “Tafel Berg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santa Barbara Beach and Baya Beach.

Beach
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is a private beach on the island of , located at the southeast of island. The terrain was the property of a mining company, close by an ancient phosphate mine that can still be found.

Beach
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is one of 38 official beaches on the Caribbean island of , situated on a peninsula in the south-east of Caracas Bay next to Fort Beekenburg.

Manor estate
Photo: Kattiel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a manor estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koraal Specht and Saliña.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 8 km northwest of Tafelberg.

Neighborhood
is a residential area in southeast located in the eastern part of the capital, . The word in Papiamentu means salt lake. is situated 9 km northwest of Tafelberg.

Tafelberg

Latitude
12.06971° or 12° 4′ 11″ north
Longitude
-68.8325° or 68° 49′ 57″ west
Elevation
240 metres (787 feet)
Open location code
774H3599+V2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 613955572
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3513181
Wiki­data ID
Q15882603
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tafelberg” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tafelberg (bungtod sa Curaçao)”
  • Cebuano: “Tafelberg”
  • Dutch: “Tafelberg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tafelberg”
  • Norwegian: “Tafelberg”
  • Papiamento: “Seru Mesa”
  • Papiamento: “Tafelberg”
  • Spanish: “Tafelberg”
  • Swedish: “Tafelberg”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mining Company Curaçao and Hole 12.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tafelberg”. Photo: Rchard, CC BY 2.0.