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Overlooking Cape Town in South Africa, Table Mountain summit plateau is estimated to be 300 million years old. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Table Mountain is one of the oldest mountains in the world

Overlooking Cape Town in South Africa, Table Mountain summit plateau is estimated to be 300 million years old.

Table Mountain is composed primarily of tough horizontal sandstone that has resisted severe weathering over hundreds of millions of years. Its flat level peak extends for roughly three kilometres from side to side. The mountain is home to a rich variety of endemic plant species forming part of the Cape Floral Region.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Overlooking Cape Town in South Africa, Table Mountain summit plateau is estimated to be 300 million years old. The figure is taken from UNESCO World Heritage Centre, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.