Horn (peak)
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 View of the entire Brandberg massif |
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| height | 2519 m | |
| location | Namibia , Southern Africa | |
| Mountains | Brandberg massif | |
| Coordinates | 21 ° 8 ′ 19 ″ S , 14 ° 33 ′ 56 ″ E | |
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| Age of the rock | 130 million years | |
| First ascent | February 1914 by Claus Burfeindt, Hans Carstensen and companions | |
| particularities | Second highest mountain in Namibia | |
The Horn (also Horngipfel , Burfeindthorn and Claus Burfeindt Horn ) is with a height of 2519 m the second highest peak of the Brandberg massif and the second highest mountain in Namibia .
The starting point for climbing the summit via the Numas Gorge is 700 m , about two hours from the last town. Up to the summit there are around 1850 meters of altitude to overcome.
In February 1914 the surveyors Claus Burfeindt and Hans Carstensen , both members of the colonial protection force , climbed into the Brandberg massif with great difficulty and only with the support of individual people on site. “At noon on the second day they gained an overview of the whole mountain range, with its various peaks. Without having binoculars the further direction had to be determined in order to climb the highest point (...) until they reached the summit on the third day. (...) Then work began. The TP had to be determined, at the highest point a bolt that had been carried in the luggage was cemented in. The heliograph was used to establish the signal connection with Okombahe , which Burfeindt had to maintain until he received further orders. ”The two were wrong about the highest peak: it only turned out much later that they were on the Horn, the second highest peak of the Brandberg, because the iron rod cemented by Burfeindt was found there in 1955.
literature
- Claus Burfeindt: The way to the Brandberg. Self-published, 1970.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Claus Burfeindt: The way to the Brandberg. Self-published, 1970.
- ^ Topographies of the Directorate of Survey and Mapping
- ^ "Four times Brandberg ascent 1914" Allgemeine Zeitung, Windhoek, July 10, 1964. Retrieved on July 21, 2018.
- ↑ Albert Viereck: The traces of the old Brandberg inhabitants. SWA Scientific Society, 1968.