Bartolomeu Dias
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Bartolomeu Dias is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the south, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial, a historic site 1.0 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
There are at least three statues of Bartolomeu Dias, the first European to sail around the southernmost tip of Africa. This exploration, in 1488, led to the discovery of a sea route from Europe to Asia.
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Dates from 1952.
Wikidata Q114773673, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
61 named places within 25 miles
- Signal Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lion's Head: 2.5 mi
- Devil's Peak: 2.7 mi
- Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon): 3.4 mi
- Fernwood Peak: 3.8 mi
- General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Artillerymen's Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Delville Wood Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Statue of Sir Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin: 1.0 mi
- Rhodes Memorial: 3.0 mi
- The "Blue Train": 2.0 mi
- Die Oog: 9.1 mi
- Harvest Capella Shipwreck: 10.1 mi
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 10.7 mi
- Nitida Winery: 11.1 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 8.8 mi
- Hout Bay Museum: 9.3 mi
- Toy Museum: 24.6 mi
- Atla's Pool: 10.1 mi
- Tyger Falls: 11.8 mi
- Silvermine Waterfall: 12.6 mi
- The Bronze Leopard: 9.9 mi
- Pepper Tree Art Stable: 19.5 mi
- Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 7.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bartolomeu Dias. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | S 182° | 1,086 m | 3.4 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | S 181° | 1,003.1 m | 3.8 mi |
| Devil's Peak | SSE 165° | 1,000.5 m | 2.7 mi |
| Constantiaberg | SSW 194° | 927.7 m | 9.8 mi |
| Junction Peak | S 190° | 919 m | 4.0 mi |
| Grootkop | SSW 210° | 857 m | 6.0 mi |
| Reserve Peak | SSW 193° | 844 m | 4.6 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | SSW 194° | 764 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 07:52 | 17:07 | 17:46 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:33 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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