of Lüderitz is located at the edge of the bay. The bay is indented and complex in structure. It opens to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. Lüderitz town...
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Keetmanshoop. The town is named after Adolf Lüderitz, founder of the German South West Africa colony. The centre of Lüderitz' economic activity is the port, until...
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first colony. The coastal town of Lüderitz, located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, is named after him. Lüderitz was born on 16 July 1834 in the...
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a few of them form small clusters or groups, such as the islands in Lüderitz Bay, the Penguin Islands lack the mutual proximity of a natural archipelago...
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Penguin Island is an island of Namibia. It is located in Lüderitz Bay, south of Seal Island. "Namibian Islands' Marine Protected Area : WWF South Africa...
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who led the first expedition of Adolf Lüderitz to Angra Pequena, German South West Africa (today Lüderitz Bay, Namibia) in 1883. Vogelsang, son of a...
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Janeiro, Brazil Angra Nuclear Power Plant in Brazil Angra Pequena or Lüderitz Bay in Namibia, Africa Angra Toldo Angra (band), a Brazilian power metal...
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Bismarck's tenure of office. First, Adolf Lüderitz's trading post in the Bay of Angara Pequena ('Lüderitz Bay') and the surrounding hinterland ('Lüderitzland [de]')...
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that there was "clear title" to the land. Lüderitz bought the title to Angra Pequena (later renamed Lüderitz Bay) from Joseph Fredericks, a chief of the...
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colonists who settled in present-day Namibia. In 1883, the German trader Adolf Lüderitz bought what would become the southern coast of Namibia from Josef Frederiks...
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opened fire. On 25 December 1904 while the fleet was sailing between Lüderitz Bay and Nosy Boraha the Kamchatka sent a signal to the Russian battleship...
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Namibian Ports Authority (category Lüderitz)
Namport, Walvis Bay, Port of Walvis Namport, Walvis Bay, Walvis Bay Port Details Namport, Port of Lüderitz, Welcome to the Port of Lüderitz... Namport official...
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Shark Island concentration camp (category Lüderitz)
camps in German South West Africa. It was located on Shark Island off Lüderitz, in the far south-west of the territory which today is Namibia. It was...
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anchored in Lüderitz Bay from 8 to 10 August. There, the Germans established the colony of German South West Africa. Wolf embarked Adolf Lüderitz and a geologist...
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Seal Island is an island of Namibia. It is located in Lüderitz Bay, north of Penguin Island and west of Agate Beach. "Namibian Islands' Marine Protected...
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been named after Adolf Lüderitz, a German merchant and colonialist: Lüderitz Airport Lüderitz Bay, next to the town Lüderitz railway station ǃNamiǂNûs...
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south of the Herero.: 22 In 1883, Adolf Lüderitz, a German merchant, purchased a stretch of coast near Lüderitz Bay (Angra Pequena) from the reigning chief...
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caudaspinosa von Bonde and Swart, 1923 (Lüderitz to Cape Point) Thornback skate, Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 (Walvis Bay to Durban) Twineye skate, brown ray...
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command on 30 December. From 24 to 26 January 1884, the ship stopped in Lüderitz Bay to inspect the activities of German traders in the area. Nautilus then...
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3579413°S 18.4723393°E / -34.3579413; 18.4723393 07 Namibia Dias Point, Lüderitz Bay, Santiago pillar 1488, 25 June Bartholomew Dias ? 26°38′11″S 15°05′35″E...
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The 2009 Lüderitz oil spill began in April 2009 off the coast of Lüderitz, Namibia. The oil spill directly affected 171 African penguins, with many more...
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ports: Tangier in Morocco, Dakar in Senegal, Gabon, Baía dos Tigres, Lüderitz Bay, and Nossi Be (Madagascar). They then formed a single fleet under the...
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ranges from the white coastal sand dunes of Namibia, near Lüderitz, south to Hondeklip Bay, Little Namaqualand, South Africa. Mallow et al. (2003) describe...
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south of Angola for Germany. Three days later, the ship anchored in Lüderitz Bay, where Nachtigal disembarked to travel inland and negotiate protection...
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from the Diamond Coast and 40 kilometres (25 mi) to the south of Lüderitz, on Lüderitz Bay. It features arid and rocky ground, with occasional shrubbery...
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Halifax Island (category Lüderitz)
Hope Station was ordered to take possession of the Penguin Islands and Lüderitz Bay. Captain Forsyth proclaimed British sovereignty over the islands on 5...
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which were taken in Luderitz Bay, Namibia and has only been recorded subsequently in 1941, 1983 and 1991, all from Luderitz Bay. Hoyle, W. E. (1910);...
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Columbia Canada Peng Chau Islands District, Hong Kong China Penguin Lüderitz Bay Namibia Penguin South Shetland Islands Claimed by Argentine Antarctica...
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0–8–0 1'Dnv2t (No. 1-6) 1'Dn2t (others) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 300 hp Lüderitz Bay Railway and South African Railways 1878 1906 0-6-0 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)...
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native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean, specifically from Lüderitz Bay to Mossel Bay off South Africa. The type specimen was collected off South Africa...
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