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    15.090°E / -26.675; 15.090 The Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park, formerly known as Sperrgebiet (German, meaning "Prohibited Area"; also known...
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    settled, and soon after the German Empire declared a large area as a "Sperrgebiet", starting to exploit the diamond field. Driven by the enormous wealth...
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    (2008). "Creodonta and Carnivora from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia". Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 20: 291–310. Cronk...
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    the Oder: The Decisive Battle for Berlin, p. 20. Kaiser (2007). Vom Sperrgebiet zur Waldstadt: die Geschichte der geheimen Kommandozentralen in Wünsdorf...
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    German Imperial government claimed sole mining rights by creating the Sperrgebiet ("forbidden zone"), effectively criminalizing new settlement. The small...
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    Roter Kamm (German: Red Ridge) is a meteorite crater, located in the Sperrgebiet, within the Namibian section of the Namib Desert, approximately 80 kilometres...
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  • It is about 15 km south of Elizabeth Bay, Namibia, in an area called Sperrgebiet, a diamond mining zone with restricted access. Around 1910, at the time...
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    (2015). "Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia....
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    along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean was proclaimed restricted (the Sperrgebiet) in 1908 due to the occurrence of alluvial diamonds. Since then, the...
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    set aside for conservation. A vast portion of the desert, called the Sperrgebiet, was access-restricted due to the presence of diamonds, which are mined...
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    the terrain and its location within a restricted diamond-mining area Sperrgebiet, at 27° 28'S, about 95 kilometres (59 mi) south of Lüderitz and 32 kilometres...
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    Helmut Meyer hermetica named after the 'hermetically sealed' location, Sperrgebiet herrei named after Adolar 'Hans' Herre hookeri named after Sir Joseph...
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  • mandible (Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of Grillental-6, Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia....
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    (2008). "Creodonta and Carnivora from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia". Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 20: 291–310. Rothwell...
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    established in 1986 when the government was given control over parts of the Sperrgebiet, an area restricted for diamond mining. This vast strip of land has remained...
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    48 are endemic and 15 are strict endemics.[clarification needed] The Sperrgebiet region is a hotspot for an unusual tortoise, the Nama padloper. Endemism...
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    (Hyracoidea, Mammalia) from the early Miocene of Elisabethfeld and Fiskus, Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia....
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    Namibian government approved the renaming of the Sperrgebiet National Park to Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park. Tsau ǁKhaeb derives from the local...
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    Namibian mountain range in the Diamond Restricted Area, also called Sperrgebiet. The Klinghardt Mountains are located approximately 90 km south-southeast...
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    Heioab is a mountain in the Diamond Restricted Aerea, also called Sperrgebiet, in the southwestern part of Namibia. It reaches a height of 1,090 m. Its...
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    This area, for a short period called Lüderitzland and today part of the Sperrgebiet, was far bigger than Frederiks had thought, as the contract specified...
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  • had a very far-flung membership. Its area included the diamond-crusted Sperrgebiet and included around 15 coastal islands. The capital of the congregation...
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    Mountains is a mountain range within Diamond Restricted Area also called Sperrgebiet located in the southwestern part of Namibia. It reaches a height of 1...
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    Early Eocene (Late Ypresian to Early Lutetian) geologic formation in the Sperrgebiet, ǁKaras Region of southwestern Namibia. The limestones of the approximately...
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    rocky areas in the Aurus and Klinghardt Mountains of the Tsau ǁKhaeb Sperrgebiet National Park in southwestern Namibia, where it is usually to be found...
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    mountain at the eastern border of the Diamond Restricted Area also called Sperrgebiet, in the southwestern part of Namibia. It reaches a height of 1,050 m...
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  • Mountains, Twyfelfontein World Heritage Site, Spitzkoppe Mountains, Sperrgebiet, Khuiseb Delta, Etosha and Kalahari Basin. She has also assisted the...
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  • August 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2021. Molloy, Cora (1992). Hurenalltag Sperrgebiet, Stigma, Selbsthilfe (in German). Frankfurt am Main. p. 12. ISBN 978-3-923098-56-9...
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  • new fossil material of Struthio coppensi from the Miocene sites in the Sperrgebiet (Namibia). Buffetaut (2023) reports the discovery of a plaster cast of...
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  • almost the entire extent of Namibia's southern coast, declaring it the "Sperrgebiet", meaning "forbidden zone". About Lewala, comparatively little is known...
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