The only South African and global natural place with a constellation named after it is it. Latin for "table" is "Mensa."
After 6 million years of erosion, it has the world's richest floral kingdom with over 1,470 species.
Antonio de Saldanha, the first European climber, named it Taboa de Caba (Table of the Cape).
As one of the new seven wonders, the mountain is now recognised.
Clouds typically obscure Table Mountain. The mountain's "table cloth" cloud.
Table Mountain is the world's oldest mountain with 600,000,000-year-old rocks.
Over 70% of the mountain's vegetation are endemic, meaning they are unique.