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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.
Many of these places are more than just dolphinariums; the list includes themeparks, marine mammal parks, zoos or aquariums that may also have more than one species of dolphin. The current status of parks marked with an asterisk (*) is unknown; these parks may have closed down, moved, changed names or no longer house any dolphins.
Swakopmund, Namibia The National Marine Aquarium of Namibia is an aquarium in Swakopmund , Namibia . The Aquarium features fauna from the cold Benguela Current in the southern Atlantic Ocean .
Walvis Bay has a number of public (government-run), semi-public, and private schools. Among them are Duneside High School, Duinesig Primary School, International School of Walvis Bay, The Dolphin Schools, Alexanders Private School, Kuisebmond Secondary School, Walvis Bay Private School and others. A number of kindergartens cater to young children.
Dolphinarium in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, Dutch newsreel from 1966. Though cetaceans have been held in captivity in both North America and Europe by 1860—Boston Aquarial Gardens in 1859 and pairs of beluga whales in Barnum's American Museum in New York City museum— [3] [4] dolphins were first kept for paid entertainment in the Marine Studios dolphinarium founded in 1938 in St. Augustine ...
With an overall area of 49,768 km 2 (19,216 sq mi), the Namib-Naukluft National Park was at the time of its last expansion the largest game park in Africa and the fourth largest in the world. [1] It consists of a strip of land on the Atlantic Ocean, including 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) of sea, that extends roughly 600 kilometres (370 mi) north ...
Namib-Naukluft National Park in Namibia. This is a list of national parks in Africa.The nature of the parks varies considerably not only between countries but also within some nations - the degree of protection, accessibility and type of environment for which it is intended to deliver protection.
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 ...