What is the history of Table Mountain for kids?

Table Mountain is part of a mountain range that also includes Lion's Head, Signal Hill, and Devil's Peak. The highest point of Table Mountain (3570 feet) is marked by a monument called Maclear's Beacon. It was originally built by the Irish astronomer Sir Thomas Maclear in 1844.



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Table Mountain is a South African mountain that is known all over the world. It rises above Cape Town and Table Bay. The mountain is often used as a symbol for Cape Town and for South Africa. On cloudless days the mountain can be seen from about 124 miles (200 kilometers) away at sea.

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Starting with a relatively obvious one, Table Mountain got its name because of its resemblance to a table. The man who popularised the connection was a Portuguese explorer, Antonio de Saldanha. In 1503, he was the first white man to hike up Table Mountain and named it Taboa do Cabo, meaning “table of the Cape”.

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Geological Summary Table Mountain, an andesitic stratovolcano at the NW corner of Lassen National Park, is an andesitic stratovolcano active about 1-2 million years ago.

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Rising above Cape Town, Table Mountain is probably South Africa's most iconic landmark. The stunning flat-topped mountain is home to the widest variety of flowers and other plant life in the world and, in fact, contains more species of plants than exist in the entire British Isles – despite being smaller than London.

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The seven provisional winners, in alphabetical order, are: the Amazon in South America; Halong Bay in Vietnam; Iguazu Falls in Argentina; Jeju Island in South Korea; Komodo in Indonesia; Puerto Princesa Underground River in the Philippines; and Table Mountain.

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The Barbertown Greenstone Belt (3.6 Billion Years) The Barbertown Greenstone Belt, or Makhonjwa Mountains is the very oldest mountain range in the world. These mountains are full of ancient fossils, volcanic rock and, you got it, gold.

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The mountain is rich in diverse wildlife, including the rock hyrax and a rare species of frog aptly named the Table Mountain Ghost Frog as it can only be found in this area. Table Mountain is perhaps best known for its flat top which, because it resembles a table top, has garnered the mountain its now famous name.

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The mountain was sacred for the Khoi and San, who believed their supreme god, Tsui//Goab,roamed there. The Khoi called Cape Town “Camissa,” the place of sweet waters, based on a stream that flows from under the mountain and into the ocean.

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