Table Mountain

Cape Town is surrounded by rows of mountains that is named Table Mountain.The name was given by Antonio De Saldhana as the first person to successfully reach the summit of the mountain. Age mountain was estimated at 900 million years old. The extent of approximately 6,000 ha stretching from Signal Hill hinggal Devil’s Peak with a height of 1. 082 M. In Signal Hill, there are graves that are considered sacred by the Muslim community in Cape Town. The cliffs of the mountain is often used for rock climbing gym. Top of Table Mountain can be reached by cableway.

The flat top of the mountain is often covered by orographic clouds, formed when a south-easterly wind is directed up the mountain’s slopes into colder air, where the moisture condenses to form the so-called “table cloth” of cloud. Legend attributes this phenomenon to a smoking contest between the Devil and a local pirate called Van Hunks. When the table cloth is seen, it symbolizes the contest.
Table Mountain is at the northern end of a sandstone mountain range that forms the spine of the Cape Peninsula. To the south of the main plateau is a lower part of the range called the Back Table. On the Atlantic coast of the peninsula, the range is known as the Twelve Apostles. The range continues southwards to Cape Point. (wikipedia.org)

Table Mountain

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