The Sentinel
The Sentinel rises to 331 m. Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) stands 1,086 m to the northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is West Fort, a historic site 0.6 miles away. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
The Sentinel or Hangberg is a peak marking the western end of the mouth of Hout Bay in South Africa. It has a sheer cliff dropping towards the sea, and a coastal hiking path is accessible at low tide. It is adjacent to Hout Bay Harbour and the Hangberg settlement, and to the higher Karbonkelberg peak. Just offshore to the south is a colony of Cape fur seals known as Seal Island, and a big wave surf spot known as "Dungeons", which has hosted the Red Bull Big Wave Africa competition.
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Wikidata Q28407812, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 330.8 m
How to reach it
62 named places within 25 miles
- Kapteinspiek: 0.9 mi
- Karbonkelberg: 1.6 mi
- Suther Peak: 1.9 mi
- Lower Chapman's Peak: 2.2 mi
- Chapman's Peak: 2.4 mi
- West Fort: 0.6 mi
- East Fort: 1.6 mi
- Orange Kloof pumphouse: 5.5 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 7.7 mi
- General Jan Christian Smuts Memorial: 10.1 mi
- BOS 400 Shipwreck: 2.3 mi
- Harvest Capella Shipwreck: 2.6 mi
- Die Oog: 6.3 mi
- Fresh Fish: 8.0 mi
- The "Blue Train": 11.4 mi
- Atla's Pool: 2.3 mi
- Silvermine Waterfall: 5.9 mi
- Tyger Falls: 20.9 mi
- Hout Bay Museum: 1.8 mi
- Imizamo Yethu Township Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Bronze Leopard: 1.5 mi
- Ken Heights Private Nature Reserve: 4.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Sentinel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Mountain (Maclear's beacon) | NE 38° | 1,086 m | 8.1 mi |
| Fernwood Peak | NE 41° | 1,003.1 m | 7.9 mi |
| Devil's Peak | NE 39° | 1,000.5 m | 9.3 mi |
| Constantiaberg | E 82° | 927.7 m | 2.8 mi |
| Junction Peak | NE 37° | 919 m | 7.4 mi |
| Grootkop | NNE 25° | 857 m | 5.1 mi |
| Reserve Peak | NE 38° | 844 m | 6.8 mi |
| Noordhoek Peak | ESE 111° | 764 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 07:53 | 17:07 | 17:46 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 05:33 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
Local time (Africa/Johannesburg).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/280511168
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