The main feature of Table Mountain is a plateau level of about 3 kilometers (2 miles) from side to side, edged by cliffs are impressive. Plateau, flanked by Devil Peak to the east and by Lion Head to the west, forming a dramatic backdrop to Cape Town. This broad sweep height of the mountains, together with Signal Hill, forming a natural amphitheater of the City Bowl and Table Bay harbor. The highest point on Table Mountain is towards the eastern end of the plateau and is marked by Maclear Beacon, a stone cairn built in 1865 by Sir Thomas Maclear for trigonometrical survey. It is 1086 meters (3563 feet) above sea level, about 19 meters (62 feet) higher than the cable station at the western end of the plateau.
Table Mountain is probably one of the few natural appearance that is unique in the world, with a view of the mountain with a flat top and unique, the object even this became one of the world's natural wonders candidate.
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