Table Mountain

2026-10-18

mountain · ZA · 1085 m

-33.9622, 18.4135

A flat-topped mountain rising 1,085 metres above Cape Town, South Africa. Its summit is a three-kilometre plateau of sandstone, formed from ancient seabed deposits. First recorded ascent in 1503 by Portuguese navigator António de Saldanha. The mountain sits within a UNESCO Cape Floral Region World Heritage Site, famous for fynbos vegetation found nowhere else. A cable car has served the summit since 1929. The distinctive tabletop is largely responsible for the city's famous cloud, the tablecloth, formed when moist southeasterly winds condense against its face. Maclear's Beacon marks the highest point.

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