Table Mountain Original Name. The most common animal found on the mountain is a mammal that resembles a guinea pig called the. It is granite and sandstone intersected by a number of picturesque ravines standing at some 1113m high.
The most common animal found on the mountain is a mammal that resembles a guinea pig called the. Translated this means mountain in the sea or sea mountain. It is granite and sandstone intersected by a number of picturesque ravines standing at some 1113m high.
The first european to see the cape was bartolomeu dias in 1448.
The first recorded climb of the mountain was done by the portuguese navigator admiral antonio de saldanha in 1503. It is granite and sandstone intersected by a number of picturesque ravines standing at some 1113m high. The most common animal found on the mountain is a mammal that resembles a guinea pig called the. The first recorded climb of the mountain was done by the portuguese navigator admiral antonio de saldanha in 1503.