Diaz tip

Location of the original cross of Bartolomeu Diaz
National monument in Namibia
Monument type	Historical and military sites: cross
location	Lüderitz Peninsula
Geographic coordinates :	26 ° 38 '8 "  S , 15 ° 5' 18.3"  O Coordinates: 26 ° 38 '8 "  S , 15 ° 5' 18.3"  E
Emergence	July 25, 1488
Recognized by the National Heritage Council	January 12, 1973
Deprivation
Sponsorship	Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Website	NHC Namibia

The Diaz tip (also Dias tip , officially English Diaz Point ) is a spur of the Lüderitz peninsula , which is located near the city of Lüderitz in Namibia . The Angra tip , located around 500 meters further east across the Sturmvogelbucht , also on the Lüderitz peninsula, borders directly on the Lüderitzbucht . The Diaz peak protrudes around 50 m into the South Atlantic .

A copy of the original cross made by Bartolomeu Dias in 1921 can be viewed , a cross column that he erected here on July 25, 1488, like the cross columns at the Cape of Cross . Parts of the original cross, weathered over the centuries, are in the German Historical Museum in Berlin.

Access to the Diaz-Kreuz near Lüderitz has not been possible since mid-November 2014 via the destroyed wooden bridge. The ascent to the cross can therefore only be done at low tide or when the water level is low over the offshore rocks. A new bridge is to be built. ^[outdated]

Diaz-tip beacon

See also : List of German colonial beacons

See also : List of lighthouses in Namibia

During the German colonial rule, two beacons were built at the top of the Diaz . The one-story beacon was soon replaced by a slender red and white lighthouse , which has been preserved but is now out of order. More modern techniques such as B. by radio beacon or by means of satellites ( GPS ) are now common aids for navigation in shipping.

The construction of a third, modern lighthouse directly on the coast did not go beyond the shell. This is still (as of 2020).

Photo gallery

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  Large and small lighthouse and keeper's houses on the Diaz-Spitze (before 1914)

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  Lighthouse at Diaz-Point 2012

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  Ruin shell of new lighthouse at Diaz-Point 2012

Web links

• Big and small lighthouse at the Diaz -spitze on historical postcard

Individual evidence

1. ^ JP van S. Bruwer: South West Africa: The Disputed Land , Nasionale Boekhandel, Namibia 1966, p. 77.
2. ↑ The old wooden bridge to the Diaz-Kreuz near Lüderitzbucht is closed. Allgemeine Zeitung, November 14, 2014 Retrieved November 15, 2014
3. ↑ Aimed at the new Dias bridge. Allgemeine Zeitung, October 13, 2015