Signal Hill (Cape Town)

Signal Hill
Lion's Head and Signal Hill from the summit of Table Mountain with Robben Island in Table Bay.
Highest point
Elevation350 m (1,150 ft)
Coordinates33°55′4″S 18°24′10″E / 33.91778°S 18.40278°E / -33.91778; 18.40278 (Signal Hill)
Geography
LocationWestern Cape, South Africa
Geology
Age of rockLate Precambrian
Climbing
Easiest routeSignal Hill Rd

Signal Hill (Afrikaans: Seinheuwel),[1] or Lion's Rump, is a landmark flat-topped hill located in Cape Town, next to Lion's Head and Table Mountain.

The hill was also known as "The Lion's Flank", a term now obsolete. Together with Lion's Head, Signal Hill looks like a lion sphinx.[2]

  1. ^ sein = ‘sign, beacon, flag’; heuwel = ‘hill’.
    Blok, Dirk Peter (1966). Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences. Mouton. p. 338. ISBN 9789027906090.
  2. ^ Cape Town Magazine - Shooting in Cape Town with The Noon Gun

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