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2. Dolfynstrand - Wikipedia

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   Dolfynstrand (Afrikaans for "dolphin beach") is a seaside resort on the South Atlantic coast of Namibia. The residential compound is located in the Walvis Bay constituency and just north of Langstrand, another beach resort located about 20 km south of Walvis Bay on the B2 Road towards Swakopmund. It is a popular destination for sport fishing in ...

3. Swakopmund - Wikipedia

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   Swakopmund is a popular beach resort and characterized by 19th century German colonial architecture. The city was founded in 1892 as the main harbour for German South West Africa . Buildings in the city include the Altes Gefängnis , a prison designed by Heinrich Bause in 1909.

4. Langstrand - Wikipedia

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   Langstrand (Afrikaans and German for "Long Beach", which the residential area is often called by English-speaking tourists) is a small beach resort on the Atlantic coast in western Namibia. Langstrand and its neighboring sister resort Dolfynstrand lies between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.

5. Skeleton Coast - Wikipedia

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   Namibia has declared the 16,000 square kilometres (6,200 sq mi) area of coastline and adjacent deserts, scrub and marshlands as Skeleton Coast National Park, from the Ugab River to the Kunene. The northern half of the park is a designated wilderness area .

6. 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.

7. Vineta (Swakopmund) - Wikipedia

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   A neighbourhood called the Swakopmund Waterfront in a certain part of Vineta has been planned since 2002, but due to financial problems, the construction only began in 2007. [1] In 2004, the Waterfront received the status of being a separate residential area, [2] whereas earlier it had been part of Vineta. Finally, plans to develop a 16,000 ...

8. Wlotzkasbaken - Wikipedia

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   Wlotzkasbaken, Namibia (2014) Wlotzkasbaken or Wlotzka's Baken (German: Wlotzka's beacon, often shortened to Wlotzka or Wlotzkas) is a holiday settlement on Namibia 's Atlantic coast, situated approximately halfway between Swakopmund and Hentiesbay. The area around the village lies within the Dorob National Park and features extensive lichen ...

9. Sandwich Harbour - Wikipedia

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   The bay opens to the north and is about 4.2 km long and 4 km wide. There is a shallow lagoon lying south of the bay, separated from it by an area of beach ridges and swales with saltpans. The lagoon is 3.7 km in length and 1 km wide and is enveloped by sandy desert on its eastern side. [4]