Devil’s Peak

mountain, South Africa

Also known as: Windberg, Windy Mountain

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Devil's Peak is a mountain in South Africa, located in the Drakensberg range, overlooking Cape Town. It is one of the subsidiary peaks detached from the main Table Mountain, situated to the northeast of it. Devil's Peak reaches an elevation of 3,281 feet (999 meters) and was formerly known as Windberg, or Windy Mountain. The Drakensberg mountains form the main range of Southern Africa and are part of the Great Escarpment, separating the high plateaus of the interior from the coastal lowlands.123

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Cape Town
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…Bay, on the south by Devil’s Peak, and on the east by marshlands and the sandy Cape Flats beyond. The nearest tillable land was on the lower eastern slopes of Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain and, farther to the southeast, at Rondebosch, Newlands, and Wynberg. From the fortress that protected…
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…Bay, on the south by Devil’s Peak, and on the east by marshlands and the sandy Cape Flats beyond. The nearest tillable land was on the lower eastern slopes of Devil’s Peak and Table Mountain and, farther to the southeast, at Rondebosch, Newlands, and Wynberg. From the fortress that protected…
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Table Mountain
…Signal Hill (Lion’s Rump); and Devil’s Peak (3,281 feet; formerly Windberg, or Windy Mountain) to the northeast. To the west, along the Atlantic coast, Table Mountain is framed by a series of peaks referred to as the Twelve Apostles.
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…Signal Hill (Lion’s Rump); and Devil’s Peak (3,281 feet; formerly Windberg, or Windy Mountain) to the northeast. To the west, along the Atlantic coast, Table Mountain is framed by a series of peaks referred to as the Twelve Apostles.
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