Hakos Mountains
| Hakos Mountains | ||
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 The Gamsberg in the Hakos Mountains |
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| Highest peak | Gamsberg ( 2347 m ) | |
| location | Khomas , Namibia | |
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 21 ′ S , 16 ° 14 ′ E | |
The Hakos Mountains are a mountain range in central Namibia , about 130 kilometers southwest of the capital Windhoek . The highest mountain in the Hakos Mountains is the Gamsberg , a striking table mountain with a height of 2347 meters. The Hakos Mountains can be crossed on roads via the Gamsberg Pass (1494 m) and the Us Pass (1812 m). The area around the Gamsberg is particularly suitable for hiking.
The Hakos Mountains offer ideal conditions for stargazing . In addition to the international amateur observatory directly in the Hakos Mountains, the HESS telescope on Göllschau is located immediately to the east .
The Kuiseb Canyon cuts through the Hakos Mountains, which belong to the Great Edge Step . The Naukluft Mountains are south of the Hakos Mountains .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Namibia Tourism Board: A good walk in Namibia ( memento of the original from November 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; PDF; 4.2 MB; Retrieved September 8, 2013
- ↑ Karl-Ludwig Bath, Reinhart Claus, Jens Lüdemann, Andreas Masche and Thorsten Neckel: A powerful amateur observatory in Namibia , accessed on September 8, 2013
- ↑ Jürgen Kempf: Climate geomorphological studies in central Namibia: A contribution to morpho-, pedo- and ecogenesis. Dissertation, page 142, Würzburg 2000 ( online ; PDF; 16.8 MB)
