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Cape Town - Young adventurers from Cape Town successfully completed the 2024 Maclear’s Beacon Hiking Challenge, showcasing teamwork and environmental awareness while conquering one of Table ...
Reaching Maclear’s Beacon, the highest point on Table Mountain, is a rewarding achievement, offering awe-inspiring views from ...
In South Africa in 1865, Sir Thomas created what is now called Maclear's beacon and is the highest point of Table Mountain. It was built as a triangular station to assist in measuring the ...
Multiple iconic hiking trails on South Africa’s Table Mountain have been closed after a ferocious wildfire. The blaze began in the early hours of Sunday morning and soon spread below the Maclear ...
Maclear's Beacon and Devils Peak to Newlands section remain closed, along with Tafelberg Road from Platteklip parking to Devils Peak. A view of the fire in the Table Mountain National Park on 25 ...
The Maclear beacon is at the highest point on Table Mountain, and there is also a beach and a moon crater named in his honour. Ulster History Circle vice-chairman Paul Clements said: ...
Young adventurers from Cape Town successfully completed the 2024 Maclear’s Beacon Hiking Challenge, showcasing teamwork and environmental awareness while conquering one of Table Mountain's ...
A beacon on top of South Africa's Table Mountain and a cape in Malawi are named after him. His talents were so out of this world that he even has a crater on the Moon - Maclear - named in his honour.
Sir Thomas Maclear has an African cape, a town, a beacon and a moon crater named after him.