Burned mountain
| Burned mountain | ||
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 Burned mountain |
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| location | Kunene , Namibia | |
| Coordinates | 20 ° 37 ′ 18 ″ S , 14 ° 25 ′ 6 ″ E | |
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| Age of the rock | 80 million years | |
The Burnt Mountain ( English Burnt Mountain ; Afrikaans Verbrande Berg ) is a mountain in Damaraland in northwestern Namibia . The Burned Mountain towers over its surroundings by about 200 meters and is not far from the organ pipes on the D3254 and about 10 kilometers from Twyfelfontein . It has been a Namibian National Monument since September 15, 1956 .
It consists of Doleritschichten which in conjunction with mudstone within the Etendeka - volcanism is associated. It forms part of the Karoo supergroup and is traversed by sandstone channels of the Tsarabis formation and Mudstone of the Huab formation .
The 80-million year old lava flow by heat and pressure metamorphosis arose forms at dusk with his reddish-violet color a great contrast to the 200-million year old beige country rocks of the Karoo - slate .
Web links
- Entry at the NHC Namibia (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 024/1956 - 17/11/2009. National Heritage Council. Retrieved August 6, 2018.