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Table Mountain Sandstone (TMS), formally known by its geological name the Peninsula Formation Sandstone, is a group of rock formations within the Cape Supergroup sequence. While the term "Table Mountain Sandstone" remains widely used, it is no longer formally recognized; the correct geological name is "Peninsula Formation Sandstone," which is ...
Table Mountain is the northernmost end of a 50-kilometre-long (30 mi) and roughly six-to-ten-kilometre-wide (4 to 6 mi) Cape Fold Mountain range that forms the backbone of the Cape Peninsula, stretching from the Cape of Good Hope in the south to Table Mountain and its flanking Devil's Peak (to the east) and Lion's Head and Signal Hill (to the ...
Table Mountain Group: Lithology; Primary: Sandstone, mudstone, siltstone, shale, and conglomerates: Other: Calcite: Location; Region: Western & Eastern Cape: Country South Africa: Type section; Named for: Bokkeveld mountains: Schematic diagram of a west-east (left - right) geological cross section through the Cedarberg portion of the Cape Fold ...
The present landscape is due to prolonged erosion having carved out deep valleys, removing parts of the once continuous Table Mountain Group sandstone cover from the Cape Flats and False Bay, and leaving high residual mountain ridges. [1] At times the sea covered the Cape Flats and Noordhoek valley and the Cape Peninsula was then a group of ...
A piece of Table Mountain Sandstone. Ermelo Sandstone, Mpumalanga province, near der Farm de Roodepoort; Matatiele Sandstone, KwaZulu-Natal province, near Matatiele; Naboomspruit (also Golden Dawn or Golden Stone) Limpopo province, around Warmbaths; Nieuwoudtville Sandstone, Northern Cape province, near Nieuwoudtville
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Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town are close to the northern extremity of the same peninsula. The cape is located at 34°21′26″S 18°29′51″E / 34.35722°S 18.49750°E / -34.35722; 18.49750 , about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the southwest corner
This is the predominant vegetation type of the higher parts of the Cape Peninsula, from the face of Table Mountain in the north, southwards as far as Cape Point.It is the main ecosystem of the upper slopes of Table Mountain (and a tiny pocket of it is found on the very top of Lions Head), but it is low-lying in the southern parts of the peninsula, often even occurring at sea level.