Mensa

Mensa (Men, Table Mountain) is a constellation in the southern sky, created in the 18th century. Its name is Latin for table. It is the only constellation named after a feature on Earth.

Mensa was created by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille out of dim Southern Hemisphere stars in honor of Table Mountain, a South African mountain. Although the stars of Mensa do not feature in any ancient mythology, the mountain it is named after has a rich mythology. Called "Tafelberg" in Dutch and German, the mesa has two neighboring mountains called "Devil's Peak" and "Lion's Head". Table Mountain features in the mythology of the Cape of Good Hope (The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa), notorious for its storms — the explorer Bartolomeu Dias saw the mesa as a mythical anvil for storms. Another myth relating to its dangers comes from Sinbad the Sailor, an Arabic folk hero who saw the mountain as a magnet pulling his ships to the bottom of the sea.

Bordering constellations
Chamaeleon | Dorado | Hydrus | Octans | Volans
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