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    Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for "Coleman's peak", German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from...
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    from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2011. "Maps of Kolmanskop – Namibia 2012". Map Atlas – Google Maps based atlas of the world. MapAtlas...
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    Columbia in Canada; Craco and Pompeii in Italy; Aghdam in Azerbaijan; Kolmanskop in Namibia; Pripyat and Chernobyl in Ukraine; Dhanushkodi in India; Fordlândia...
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    electrified railway lines that served the diamond mining industry in Kolmanskop, Pomona, Bogenfels (completed 1913) and Charlottental (completed 1920)...
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    standards and suitable for international air traffic. There is an airfield at Kolmanskop near Lüderitz. Well-developed landing facilities also exist at Oranjemund...
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  • and was shot on 35mm film. Wasteland scenes were additionally filmed in Kolmanskop, a former mining operation-turned-ghost town, as well as on Namibia's...
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    2010 episode of Life After People: The Series which was mainly featuring Kolmanskop, another ghost town approximately 30 km (20 mi) north of Elizabeth Bay...
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    dried up. The ghost towns that were left behind include: Elizabeth Bay Kolmanskop Pomona Bowesdorp is a former village near Kamieskroon. Copperton is a...
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  • Terelli Namibia Sossusvlei – Namib-Naukluft National Park Lüderitz – Kolmanskop Himba village, Kunene Skeleton Coast Asia China Tagou Martial Arts School...
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    diamond mining industry. It ran 119 kilometres (74 mi) via Pomona to Kolmanskop and was powered by a 1.5 megawatts (2,000 hp) power station in Lüderitz...
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    majority of jobs. "If the mines close, Rosh Pinah will become another Kolmanskop, as we are not sustainable as a town", Burger stated in 2019. Hoeksteen...
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  • change using GRB 090423 as an remnant of the early Stelliferous Era. At Kolmanskop he further discusses the thermodynamic arrow of time citing the inevitable...
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  • Also visited Pisa 4 (190) Namibia Lesya March 7, 2016 Visited Windhoek, Kolmanskop and Swakopmund 5 (191) Johannesburg Lesya March 14, 2016 Also visited...
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  • continue to protect sheep for several generations. The episode also examines Kolmanskop, a desert town in Namibia established by the Germans during a diamond...
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    78806°S 14.58889°E / -22.78806; 14.58889 New track near Kolmanskop (October 2015) Train near Kolmanskop in 2019 The railway line from Nakop to Windhoek is...
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  • successes with television documentaries (Via Namibia) and dramas such as Kolmanskop and Othello, all of which were broadcast by Channel 4, led to its transition...
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  • 1908, when he was scouting near the railway station at Grassplatz near Kolmanskop, he discovered several stones in which he suspected diamonds. He dutifully...
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  • serve the diamond mining industry. It ran 119 kilometres (74 mi) between Kolmanskop and Bogenfels via Pomona. It was powered by a 1.5 megawatts (2,000 hp)...
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  • 0.910 Josh and team go ghost hunting in the abandoned desert town of Kolmanskop, Namibia with former team member and guest investigator Jael de Pardo...
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  • have nothing to live for. He finds Wendy reaches the abandoned town of Kolmanskop but is stabbed by Dust Devil. Mukurob blocks Dust Devil's path with the...
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  • to themselves, and only announced it after securing a 75-acre claim at Kolmanskop in order to continue to do diamond searching. Both were declared very...
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    were to take place were Gibeon, Gobabis, Grootfontein, Keetmanshoop, Kolmanskop, Luderitz, Okahandja, Omaruru, Swakopmund, Warmbad, Windhoek Central and...
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    twelve constituencies were Gibeon, Gobabis, Grootfontein, Keetmanshoop, Kolmanskop, Luderitz, Okahandja, Otjiwarongo, Swakopmund, Warmbad, Windhoek Central...
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    Sperrgebiet. Built in the late 19th century, the best known of these is Kolmanskop. Others include Pomona and Elizabeth Bay. The wind has partially excavated...
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  • abandoned diamond mine towns in Namibia. Her main series of buildings in Kolmanskop show how the Namib desert's sands have reclaimed abandoned buildings....
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    Japanese) via the travel blog tabijo-bp.com, "A ghost town buried in sand 'Kolmanskop' (Namibia)", dated 14 November 2017, by Shiho, the "Traveling Woman" from...
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    Pictures of Aurus Mountains See old map of Sperrgebiet displayed at Kolmanskop Mapcarte Roter Kamm Google Maps Fog desert Namib Rainfall in nearby Lüderitz...
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  • TransNamib train near Kolmanskop....
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  • Haines and Dorothy Ann Gould Via Namibia (1985) (documentary with original music by Hugh Masekela) Kolmanskop (1982) (feature) David Pupkewitz at IMDb...
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  • (Narrow gauge), 45 miles 37 chains (73.2 kilometres). 1 April – SWA – Kolmanskop to Bogenfels, 74 miles (119.1 kilometres). 1 April – The SAR inherits...
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