Luderitz Peninsula
| Luderitz Peninsula | ||
 Satellite image with the Lüderitz peninsula in the upper half of the image. To the northeast is the Lüderitz Bay. |
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| Coordinates | 26 ° 38 '8 " S , 15 ° 5' 18" O | |
| Waters 1 | Atlantic Ocean | |
The Lüderitz peninsula on the Namibian south Atlantic coast is located in the ǁKaras region near the city of Lüderitz . It was named after the Bremen brothers August and Adolf Lüderitz . The Diaz point also belongs to the peninsula .
The peninsula borders the Lüderitz Bay in the northwest , which is separated from the Sturmvogel Bay in the west by the Angra Point . The Angra point forms the northernmost branch of the Lüderitz peninsula. Shearwater Bay borders to the west of Stormvogel Bay , which is separated from Guano Bay by the Diaz Point . Halifax Island is located 240 meters offshore in Guano Bay . The western rocky cliff has several small fjords. At the southern end of the Lüderitz peninsula is the Great Bay, which is open to the south and used as a bathing beach .
The entire area of the Lüderitz peninsula is part of the restricted area national park .
Lighthouse on the Diaz peak
View from the Luderitz Peninsula on Halifax Island
The big bay in the south of the peninsula
literature
- Klaus Heine: Holocene sea transgression on the Namib coast near Lüderitzbucht, South West Africa (PDF; 4.6 MB) . In: Heinz Klug (ed.): Coast and sea floor. New results of geomorphological field research. ( Kiel Geographical Writings , Volume 62). Geographical Institute of the University of Kiel, Kiel 1985. ISBN 3-923887-04-3 . Pp. 127-143.