St. Michael Peak
St. Michael Peak is a peak in City of Cape Town, Western Cape and has an elevation of 917 metres. St. Michael Peak is situated nearby to the locality Hell’s Gates, as well as near the suburb Rontree.Places of Interest
Highlights include Table Mountain National Park and Woodhead Dam.
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.
Woodhead Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodhead Dam is a dam on Table Mountain, Western Cape, South Africa. It was built in 1897 and supplies water to Cape Town. The dam, which was the first large masonry dam in South Africa, was designated as an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2008.
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 Camps Bay and Cape Town.
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.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa. The capital of Western Cape Province, it is also the legislative capital of the nation. Cape Town is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.
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.
St. Michael Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 917 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.971° or 33° 58′ 16″ southLongitude
18.4116° or 18° 24′ 42″ eastElevation
917 metres (3,009 feet)Open location code
4FRW2CH6+HJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4173212005OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Localities in the Area
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