Signal Hill
Signal Hill, 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.Photo: Zaian, Public domain.
Notable Places in the Area
Cape Town Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cape Town Stadium is an association football and rugby union stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, that was built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Bo-Kaap
Manor estate
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
Two Oceans Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The dive site Two Oceans Aquariumis an inland confined water site in the V&A Waterfront area of the City Bowl, in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Localities in the Area
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter.
Mouille Point
Suburb
Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mouille Point is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, situated between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, Green Point to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west.
Signal Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 350 metres
- Description: mountain in Cape Town
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.917° or 33° 55' 1" southLongitude
18.40391° or 18° 24' 14" eastElevation
350 metres (1,148 feet)Open Location Code
4FRW3CM3+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 287092475OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
3361645Wikidata ID
Q2094786Signal Hill Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Seinheuwel
- Asturian: Signal Hill
- Cebuano: Signal Hill (tumoy sa bukid)
- Cebuano: Signal Hill
- Chinese: 信号山
- Dutch: Seinheuwel
- Egyptian Arabic: جبل سيجنال هيل
- English: Lion's Rump
- Finnish: Signal Hill
- French: Signal Hill
- German: Signal Hill
- Italian: Signal Hill
- Japanese: シグナルヒル
- Japanese: シグナル・ヒル
- Ladin: Signal Hill
- Norwegian: Signal Hill
- Norwegian Bokmål: Signal Hill
- Persian: تپه سیگنال (کیپتاون)
- Persian: تپه سیگنال
- Russian: Сигнал-Хилл
- Swedish: Signal Hill, Kapstaden
- Venetian: Signal Hill
Other Places Named Signal Hill
Localities in the Area
- Sea PointSuburb
- Three Anchor BaySuburb
- TamboerskloofSuburb
- Green PointSuburb
- West Main EntranceLocality
Landmarks in the Area
- Paraglider LaunchPitch
- Signal Hill FrameScenic viewpoint
- Table Mountain Yellow Frame (Signal Hill)
- Lion BatteryMilitary facility
- Noon Gun
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Signal Hill. Photo: Zaian, Public domain.