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  2. Etosha National Park - Wikipedia

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    Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia and one of the largest national parks in Africa. [1] It was proclaimed a game reserve in March 1907 in Ordinance 88 by the Governor of German South West Africa , Friedrich von Lindequist .

  3. List of national parks of Namibia - Wikipedia

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    ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park; Bwabwata National Park; Dorob National Park; Etosha National Park; Khaudum National Park; Mangetti National Park; Mudumu National Park; Namib-Naukluft National Park; Nkasa Rupara National Park; Skeleton Coast National Park; Tsau ǁKhaeb National Park; Waterberg Plateau Park

  4. List of Etosha National Park placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name was given to the rest camp in Etosha National Park in 1967 to mean "hunting has ended within the national park". Halali Koppie Halali: German + Afrikaans: Refers to a dolomite hill within the Halali camp. It was originally called //Ogomabes which means "place where many people died" in Hai//om. Tsinaib (ǂTsinab) Halali: Hai//om

  5. Etosha Pan - Wikipedia

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    It is a vast hollow in the ground in which water may collect or in which a deposit of salt remains after water has evaporated. The 120-kilometre-long (75-mile-long) dry lakebed and its surroundings are protected as Etosha National Park, Namibia's second-largest wildlife park, covering 22,270 square kilometres (8,600 sq mi). The pan is mostly ...

  6. Namutoni - Wikipedia

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    Namutoni is a restcamp on the eastern edge of the Etosha pan in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. The adjoining Von Lindequist Gate about 10km east is one of the entrance gates to the Etosha National Park. Shelter for wildlife observation at Namutoni. The most prominent structure at Namutoni is Fort Namutoni, built in 1896.

  7. Gemsbok - Wikipedia

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    Portrait in Etosha National Park, Namibia. Gemsbok are widely hunted for their spectacular horns that average 85 cm (33 in) in length. From a distance, the only outward difference between males and females is their horns, and many hunters mistake females for males each year. In males horns tend to be thicker with larger bases.

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