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  2. Sossusvlei - Wikipedia

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    Sossusvlei (sometimes written Sossus Vlei) is a salt and clay pan [1] surrounded by high red dunes, located in the southern part of the Namib Desert, in the Namib-Naukluft National Park of Namibia. The name "Sossusvlei" is often used in an extended meaning to refer to the surrounding area (including other neighbouring vleis such as Deadvlei and ...

  3. Namib-Naukluft National Park - Wikipedia

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    The second area added was a 1,600-kilometre (1,000 mi) strip of the Atlantic Ocean, making the Namib-Naukluft Park Namibia's first marine reserve. [ 3 ] The park's present boundaries were established in 1986 when the government was given control over parts of the Sperrgebiet , an area restricted for diamond mining.

  4. Dune 45 - Wikipedia

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    Dune 45 is a star dune in the Sossusvlei area of the Namib Desert in Namibia. Its name comes from the fact that it is at the 45th kilometre of the road that connects the Sesriem gate and Sossusvlei. Standing over 170 m, [ 1 ] it is composed of 5-million-year-old sand that is detritus accumulated by the Orange River from the Kalahari Desert and ...

  5. The gigantic dunes rising up out of the world’s oldest desert

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    The place is called Sossusvlei in Namib-Naukluft National Park in the middle of what researchers consider the world’s oldest desert — formed between 55 and 80 million years ago when dinosaurs ...

  6. Sesriem - Wikipedia

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    Sesriem is a small settlement in the Namib Desert, in the Hardap Region of Namibia, close to the southern end of the Naukluft Mountains. It is especially known because the "Sesriem gate" is the main access point to the Namib-Naukluft National Park for visitors entering the park to visit the nearby tourist attraction of Sossusvlei. [1]

  7. File:Dunes of Sossusvlei region, Namibia (2017).jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Deadvlei - Wikipedia

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    Deadvlei is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, in a valley between the dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park in Namibia. Also written DeadVlei or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh" (from English dead, and Afrikaans vlei, meaning lake or marsh). The pan also is referred to as "Dooie Vlei" which is the Afrikaans ...

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