Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation, showing the Cape Peninsula in the foreground. [1]
The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out for 75 kilometres into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is the famous Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2184x1377, 1499 KB) NASA satellite image of South Africa taken by Landsat in February 2000. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2184x1377, 1499 KB) NASA satellite image of South Africa taken by Landsat in February 2000. ... The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acqusition of imagery of Earth from space. ... The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) is a research effort that obtained elevation data on a near-global scale to generate the most complete high-resolution digital topographic database of Earth to date. ... A peninsula in Croatia A peninsula (from the latin words paene insula, almost island) is a geographical landform consisting of an extension of a body of land from a larger body of land, surrounded by water on three sides. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... Cape Point. ... The Cape of Good Hope; looking towards the west, from the coastal cliffs above Cape Point. ... Table Mountain is a mountain in the Western Cape, South Africa, overlooking the greater Cape Town area. ... City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population - Total (2004) - Density Not ranked 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2...
The peninsula was once an island, but about sixty million years ago it was joined to the mainland by the emergence from the sea of the sandy area now known as the Cape Flats. The towns and villages of the Cape Peninsula now form part of greater Cape Town. Landsat image of Cape Town and environs, looking roughly east. ...
The Cape of Good Hope is sometimes given as the meeting point of the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. However, according to the International Hydrographic Organization agreement that defines the ocean boundaries, the meeting point is at Cape Agulhas, about 200km to the southeast. [2] The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental international organization established in 1921. ... A marker at Cape Agulhas indicates the official dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian oceans. ...
Cape Town was soon no longer the single dominant metropolis in the country, but as a major port it too was a beneficiary of the mineral wealth that laid the foundation for an industrial society.
Cape Town is a popular tourist destination, offering the visitor a wide variety of activities such as water sports (including diving, surfing and sailing), angling, wine tasting, shopping, scenic drives, mountaineering, hiking, kite-flying, hang-gliding and parasailing, and bird- and whale-watching.
The CapePeninsula and the region around Cape Town offer wonderful walking and hiking opportunities from right in the middle of the city where the mountains can be accessed very easily (such as Lion's Head and Devil's Peak) to further afield in the surrounding mountain ranges.
Cape York Peninsula is approximately 137,000 km² in total (which is larger than either Greece or England), but with a population of only about 18,000.
Climatically, Cape York Peninsula is monsoonal, with a wet season extending from November to April and a dry season from May to October.
Although much of the Cape is sparsely populated, there are settlements at Cooktown, Lakeland, Laura, Coen, and Weipa, and Aboriginal communities at Wujal Wujal, Hopevale, Lockhart River, Injinoo, New Mapoon, Umagico, Old Mapoon, Napranum, Aurukun, Pormparaaw, and Kowanyama.
![Landsat Image over SRTM Elevation, showing the Cape Peninsula in the foreground. [1]](/encyclopedia/Image:Satellite-image-of-Cape-peninsula.jpg)
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