Trekkopje
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 Trekkopje train station (2018) |
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Erongo , Namibia
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| Coordinates | 22 ° 17 ′ 35 " S , 15 ° 6 ′ 11" E | |
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The Trekkopje (in Afrikaans means " trek " and Kopje means a "small mountain") is a mountain and geographical area as well as a former settlement in the Erongo region in central western Namibia, about 85 kilometers east of Swakopmund not far from the mining town of Arandis .
The Trekkopje uranium mine is one of the largest uranium deposits in the world. Trekkopje was a stop on the Swakopmund – Windhoek railway at the beginning of the 20th century . Trekkopje gained historical importance during the Battle of Trekkopje , in which on April 26, 1915 an attack by the Schutztruppe on South African soldiers was carried out. The fallen were buried here.
A solar power plant has been under construction at Trekkopje since 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Trekkopje Uranium Mine, Namibia . Mining-technology.com. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ The Schutztruppe blows up sections of the Lüderitz Railway, 1914. Klaus Dierks . Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ The Great World War (1917) . Gresham Publishing. 1917.