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The centre of Lüderitz' economic activity is the port, until the incorporation of the exclave Walvis Bay in 1994 the only suitable harbour on Namibia's coast. However, the harbour at Lüderitz has a comparatively shallow rock bottom, making it unusable for many modern ships.
Duwisib Castle Museum; Geological Survey Museum; Keetmanshoop Museum; Independence Memorial Museum; National Museum of Namibia; Okahandja Military Museum; Ombalantu baobab tree; Outjo Museum; Swakopmund Museum, founded in 1951 and privately administered by the Scientific Society Swakopmund [1] Trans-Namib Railroad Museum; Tsumeb Museum
Responsibility of the museum was transferred to the South African government of South West Africa in 1957, and the name changed to State Museum. After Namibian independence in 1990, it was administered by the Government of Namibia, and in 1994 the name was changed to National Museum of Namibia. [3]
In 1881 Lüderitz established a factory at Lagos in British West Africa, but this enterprise proved unsuccessful.Still interested in setting foot in Africa, he and fellow Bremen merchant Heinrich Vogelsang (1862-1914) decided to found a German colony in South West Africa, then still unclaimed by any colonial power.
Namibia accepted the convention on April 6, 2000, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Namibia. As of 2023, there are two World Heritage Sites in Namibia.
Kolmanskop was used as the location for the South African TV film The Mantis Project (1987). Directed by Manie van Rensburg, produced by Paul Kemp, written by John Cundill, and starring Marius Weyers and Sandra Prinsloo. Kolmanskop was a filming location for the 1990 South African adventure film The Sandgrass People.
Built in 1925, it is located in Lüderitz Street, sharing a building with the Owela strand of the National Museum of Namibia. [1] From February 2009 to August 2012 [ 2 ] the library underwent renovations worth N$ 700,000, which included replacing the carpets with ceramic tiles, adding air conditioning, increasing lighting, and creating a public ...
The bay west of 'Angra Point' is known as Shearwater Bay, the location of a proposed port for the export of amongst other things, coal from Botswana. This requires the construction of the 1600 km Trans-Kalahari Railway. [3] There are two islands facing Agate Beach in the northeastern part of the bay, Penguin Island and Seal Island. [2]