A flat top mountain is called a messa, there are literally thousands of these around the world; however the most famous of these is Table Mountain - Cape Town, South Africa
There are probably several, but the famous one is Table Mountain.
If you look at Table Mountain from the Cape Town city side, its looks flat topped. The front edge is indeed quite flat edged. This was unusual and interesting to the early European explorers so it was called Table Mountain. From the back and sides it is clearly not flat topped, but those rougher bits have other names like "The Twelve Apostles". If you feel adventurous explore Table Mountain in Google Earth.
No. Table Mountain is situated on the south-west coast of South Africa in the City of Cape Town. Johannesburg is located near the north-eastern corner of South Africa and is approximately a 12-hour drive away from Table Mountain.
This landmark is located in South Africa. More specifically, the flat-topped mountain overlooks the city of Cape Town. The mountain is a gorgeous site and a great tourist attraction for Cape Town.
The Cape Fold Belt and the Cederberg Mountains. The Table Mountain is made up of the Peninsula Formation of the Table Mountain Group. For more details, please see the site listed below.
It is called, at least in the southwest United States, a mesa. In Spanish that word means a "table."
It was named Table Mountain by Antonio Sladanha in 1503 because it's flat top resembles that of a table. Folk tales have it that when it is misty on the mountain it is as if the giants have laid a table cloth on their table.. :)
Because of the lava flow going over it
There are probably several, but the famous one is Table Mountain.
The mountain with the flat top that presides over Cape Town; one of the world's most beautiful cities is Table Mountain.
to tourist its one of the most greatest thing to see in cape town they call it table mountain because of the shape of it, its flat on top like a table so that's why thay call it table mountain. by noorun-nisaa
If you look at Table Mountain from the Cape Town city side, its looks flat topped. The front edge is indeed quite flat edged. This was unusual and interesting to the early European explorers so it was called Table Mountain. From the back and sides it is clearly not flat topped, but those rougher bits have other names like "The Twelve Apostles". If you feel adventurous explore Table Mountain in Google Earth.
Table mountain.It is called this because of a flat surface.
I think it's called a mesa. It could also be a plateau.
No. Table Mountain is situated on the south-west coast of South Africa in the City of Cape Town. Johannesburg is located near the north-eastern corner of South Africa and is approximately a 12-hour drive away from Table Mountain.
A mesa is a flat-topped mountain.
This landmark is located in South Africa. More specifically, the flat-topped mountain overlooks the city of Cape Town. The mountain is a gorgeous site and a great tourist attraction for Cape Town.