The ocean forms a natural boundary on Cape Town's western and southern ends. The city centre is rather small - squeezed in between Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean - but the metropolitan area is huge. Cape Town's city forms the northern section of the Cape Peninsula - a 50km long finger sticking out in a southernly direction into the ocean, extending to Cape Point (the most south-western point of Africa).
Maclear's Beacon on Table Mountain is the highest point within Cape Town's metropolitan area - it is 1 087m above sea level.
Distances from Cape Town |
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Durban |
1 753km |
Port Elizabeth |
769km |
Johannesburg |
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