Spreetshoogte Pass
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 Spreetshoogte towards Namib (west) |
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| Compass direction | west | east | |
| Pass height | 1676 m | ||
| region | Khomas , Namibia | ||
| expansion | Street (partly cobblestones) | ||
| Mountains | Rantberg | ||
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| Denzel scale | SG 4 | ||
| Ø pitch | 16.5% (1000 m / 4 km) | ||
| Max. Incline | 22.2% | ||
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| Coordinates | 23 ° 39 '39 " S , 16 ° 10' 43" E | ||
The Spreetshoogte Pass ( English Spreetshoogte Pass ) is a mountain pass in the Rant Mountains between Rehoboth and Solitaire ( district road D1275 ) in the Khomas region in Namibia . With a maximum gradient of 22 percent, it is the second steepest and, with a height of 1676 m, the fifth highest pass in the country.
It connects the foothills of the Namib in the west with the Khomashochland in the east and leads over the Great Peripheral Step . The pass overcomes a height difference of 1000 m over a length of about four kilometers .
Parts of the pass are secured with paving stones . It has an average gradient of around 16.5 percent (gradient 1: 6), with the steepest sections reaching around 22% (gradient 1: 4.5)
history
The pass was built during the Second World War by the eponymous farmer Nicolaas Andries Rymert Spreeth (1904–1975). He owned the Ubib farm at the foot of the pass. In order to improve the supply of his farm, he built the pass up to the Namibgrens farm on the Great Edge step . Spreeth built the pass largely with his own hands , with the exception of dynamite .
Web links
- Spreetshoogte Pass , dangerousroads.org (English)
- The Spreetshoogte Pass - built with willpower and creativity , Gondwana Collection Namibia, October 7, 2016.