Kgale Hill

Kgale Hill
The Sleeping Giant
View from the top overlooking Gaborone from the southeast in June 2011
Highest point
Elevation1,287 m (4,222 ft)[1]
Coordinates24°41′45″S 25°52′04″E / 24.6957°S 25.8678°E / -24.6957; 25.8678
Geography
Kgale Hill is located in Botswana
Kgale Hill
Kgale Hill
Location in Botswana
LocationSouth-East District, Botswana
Climbing
Easiest routehike

Kgale Hill (Setswana for "The Place that Dried Up"[2]) is a hill located in Gaborone, Botswana. Nicknamed "The Sleeping Giant", Kgale Hill reaches a summit elevation of 1,287 metres (4,222 ft) above sea level.[1] The hill used to be home to a television repeater and is now a tourist destination.[3]

  1. ^ a b Karlin, Adam; Firestone, Matthew D. (5 February 2010). Botswana & Namibia. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781741049220.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference tourism was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Denbow, James Raymond; Thebe, Phenyo C. (2006). "Literature and Media". Culture and customs of Botswana. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-313-33178-7. Retrieved 22 July 2012. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)