Giraffe Mountains
| Giraffe Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | ? ( 1724 m ) | |
| location | Kunene , Namibia | |
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 18 ′ S , 13 ° 30 ′ E | |
The giraffe mountains are a mountain range in northwestern Namibia in the Kunene region . The highest point reaches a height of 1724 m . The mountains got their name at the time of German colonial rule , when the local animal world was often used to name geographical objects.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Giraffe Mountains: Namibia. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Retrieved March 24, 2015
- ^ Daniel Joseph Walther: Creating Germans Abroad: Cultural Policies and National Identity in Namibia . Ohio University Press, 2002. p. 87.