Flamingo Island

Flamingo Island
Waters	South Atlantic
Archipelago	Penguin Islands
Geographical location	26 ° 34 '59 "  S , 15 ° 9' 48"  E Coordinates: 26 ° 34 '59 "  S , 15 ° 9' 48"  E
length	320 m
width	120 m
surface	4 ha
Residents	uninhabited

Flamingo Island is one of the small penguin islands on the Namibian Atlantic coast . It is located in the north of the Lüderitz Bay , about 60 meters from the mainland. At low tide there is a connection to this. Flamingo Island is around 320 meters long and up to 120 meters wide.

The uninhabited island was used for guano mining in the past .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Milton Louw: Future Namibia: My Beloved Land. BoD, Germany 2011, p. 87.
2. ↑ Measurement by Google Earth Pro , May 11, 2017.
3. ↑ Eric Bird: Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms. Springer, Australia 2010, p. 972.