Otjihipaberge

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Otjihipaberge
Van Zyl's Pass in the Otjihipa Mountains

Van Zyl's Pass in the Otjihipa Mountains

Highest peak nameless ( 1132  m )
location Kunene , NamibiaNamibiaNamibia 
Otjihipaberge (Namibia)
Otjihipaberge
Coordinates 17 ° 25 ′  S , 12 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 17 ° 25 ′  S , 12 ° 41 ′  E
particularities various endemic plant species can be found here
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The Otjihipaberge (rarely English Otjihapera Mountains ) are a mountain range in the Kunene region in northwestern Namibia . The highest peak reaches 1132  m .

The mountains are known for various endemic plant species. Last 2000s with was there in early Tetra Denia kaokoensis a new type of mint discovered. The area is therefore also known as the Kaokoveld Center of Endemism (in German about Kaokoveld -Zentrum für Endemie ). One of the best known of these endemic species is the Commiphora otjihipana .

The most famous mountain pass in the mountains is the Van Zyl's Pass .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otjihipa Mountains. Getamap.net. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  2. ↑ Wessel Swanepoel, Ernst Van Jaarsveld, Werner Voigt et al: The Otjihipa Mountains Expedition: botanical exploration in Namibia: Kaokoveld center of endemism , in: Veld & Flora , March 2009, issue 95, no. 1, pp. 12-18.
  3. ^ Ernst Jacobus Van Jaarsveld, AE van Wyk: Lamiaceae: Tetradenia kaokoensis, a new species from Kaokoland, Namibia , in: Bothalia - African Biodiversity and Conservation , May 2003, Edition 33, No. 1, pp. 107-108.
  4. ↑ W. Swanepoel: Commiphora otjihipana (Burseraceae), a new species from the Kaokoveld, Namibia , in: South African Journal of Botany , Nov. 2008, Issue 74, No. 4, pp 623-628..