NAMIBIA PHOTO LIBRARY: SOUTHERN PARTS: KARAS AND HARDAP REGIONS
FROM THE FISH RIVER CANYON TO THE ORANJE RIVER

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View into the Fish River Canyon, Second deepest Canyon in the
World: Karas Region: 1974
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View from the Air into the Fish River Canyon: View to the East:
1990
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Images from the Fish River Canyon: Karas Region: September
2002
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Images from the Fish River Canyon: Karas Region: October
2004
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View from the Fish River Canyon to the East: September
2002
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View from the Fish River Canyon to the East: October 2004
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Main Road 97: 15 km east of Ai Ais: View to the West: Karas
Region
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Ai Ais: Camp of Namibia Wildlife Resorts: Karas Region
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Fish River Canyon upstream of Ai Ais: View to the North: Karas
Region
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Fish River Canyon upstream of Ai Ais: View to the South: Karas
Region
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Oranje River near Aussenkjer: View to the Southwest: Karas
Region
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Oranje River near Aussenkjer: View to the West: With my
Grandchildren: Mariella and Björn Dierks: Karas Region
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FROM THE LITTLE KARAS MOUNTAINS TO BETHANY, BERSEBA AND KEETMANSHOOP


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View from the Holoog Station to Little Karas Mountains: Karas
Region
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War Cemetery at Holoog Station: Railway Line: Grünau-Seeheim
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Railway Bridge over Holoog River: Railway Line: Grünau-Seeheim
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TransNamib Train at Seeheim Station: Karas Region
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Fish River Railway Bridge at Seeheim: Seeheim-Aus Railway Line
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Fish River at Seeheim: Karas Region
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Grünau: Railway Line: Grünau-Seeheim: View to the West
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Trunk Road 4/1: Seeheim to Goageb: Karas Region
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Bethany: Captain Joseph Frederik's II House: Karas Region
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Bethany: London Missionary Schmelen's House: 1814: Karas Region
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Bethany: Spring: Karas Region
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Bethany: First Rhenish Missionary Church: 26.06.1859: Karas
Region
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Bethany: Rhenish Missionary Cemetery: Matthäus Gorth: died on
05.01.1853: #Goais (Grootfontein South)
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Bethany: Rhenish Missionary Cemetery: Hermann Heinrich Kreft:
died on 03.05.1875
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Bethany: Rhenish Missionary Cemetery: Johannes Heinrich Bam:
died on 26.09.1891
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Bethany: Second Rhenish Church: 1880s: Karas Region
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Asab River: north of Keetmanshoop: Rainy Season March 2002:
Karas Region
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Keetmanshoop: Rhenish Church: Karas Region
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Quiver Tree Forest east of Keetmanshoop: Karas Region
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Brukkaros Vulcan (Nama: Kaitsi !Gubeb) near Berseba: Karas
Region (Photo taken 1978)
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Brukkaros Vulcan near Berseba: View from the South: Karas
Region: April 2003
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Brukkaros Vulcan near Berseba: View from the South: Karas
Region: January 2004
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Brukkaros-Vulcan near Berseba: View from the Crater Edge into
the Interior of the Vulcan: Karas Region: April 2003
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Brukkaros-Vulcan near Berseba: View from the Crater Edge into
the Interior of the Vulcan: Karas Region: January 2004
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Brukkaros-Vulcan near Berseba: View from the Crater Edge to the
South (in Direction Berseba): Karas Region: January 2004
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Main Road 98: Tses-Berseba: with Brukkaros Vulcan in the
Background: Fish River Bridge is under Construction: 1978
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Main Road 98: Tses-Berseba: with Brukkaros Vulcan in the
Background: Fish River Bridge: September 2002
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Main Road 98: Tses-Berseba: with Brukkaros Vulcan in the
Background: Fish River Bridge: January 2004
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Berseba: founded by Rhenish Missionary Samuel Hahn: 17.10.1850:
the Church is built by Missionary Friedrich Wilhelm Weber: 1857
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The Cemetery at Berseba: Karas Region
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District Road 609 between Berseba and Keetmanshoop, near Gellap
Ost: Karas Region
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The "Mukorob" (Finger of God), shortly before it
collapsed on December, 4th 1988: Just on the Brink of Namibian Independence: An old Nama
Fairy Tale told that the Rule of the "White Man" will come to an End if
this Rock falls
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Trunk Road 1/2 between Keetmanshoop and Grünau near Narubis:
Karas Region
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FROM SPES BONA AND THE TIRAS PLAINS TO LÜDERITZ VIA AUS

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Aerial Views between Spes Bona and the Tiras Mountains: Karas
Region: January 2003
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District Road 407 between Betta and Spes Bona: Karas Region
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District Road 707 between Spes Bona and Tiras: along the Namib
Desert with the previous Restricted Diamond Area: Karas Region
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Main Road 35: Helmeringhausen-Tiras: Karas Region: October 2004
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Trunk Road 4/2: Goageb - Aus: built 1992/93: Karas Region
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Aerial View of Aus: View to the South: Karas Region: January
2003
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Aus between Keetmanshoop and Lüderitz: Karas Region: 1973
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The British Prisoner of War Camp (1915-1919) at Aus
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The Cemetery at Aus: Karas Region
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The Savannah west of Aus: Just inside the "Diamond
Sperrgebiet": Karas Region
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 180 - km 183: West of Aus
(Beginning of new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Completed
Layer Works to Sub Ballast Layer: Progress to Date: October 2004
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 181: West of Aus (Beginning of
new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Completed Layer Works to
Sub Ballast Layer: Progress to Date: October 2004
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 182: West of Aus (Beginning of
new Construction at Aus Station: km 179,423 from Keetmanshoop): Section "Salz
Gossow": km 179+423 to km 220: Removal of old German "Krupp-Rails", nearly
100 Years old: View to the West: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: September 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 184 + 000: Bridge No.1: West
of Aus: Old German Steel Bridge has been removed and will be removed by Reinforced
Concrete Culverts: Progress to Date: October 2004
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186 + 000: Bridge No.3: West
of Aus: Old German Steel Bridge: Progress to Date: September 2002
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West of Aus: Aus Vista: View to the South: The Desert is
flowering after late Winter Rains: September 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 190: West of Aus: The old
German Steel Sleepers are stacked: View to the West: Progress to Date: September
2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 195: West of Aus: Station
Ausweiche, where the steep Ascent to Aus Nek commences: September 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 200: Border between Farming
Area west of Aus and the "Diamond Sperrgebiet": September 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186,40: Beginning of new
Construction Section: November 2002: Salz-Gossow, Swakopmund: Six Kilometres Fill and
B-Layer are under Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December
2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186,40: Beginning of new
Construction Section: Salz-Gossow, Swakopmund: Six Kilometres Fill and B-Layer are under
Construction: View to the East: Direction Aus: December 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 187: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 188: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+540: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the East: Direction Ausvista: December 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+540: B-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: December 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 186+700: A-Layer is completed:
View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: January 2003
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 187+100: A-Layer is under
Construction: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: January 2003
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Between km 186 and km 200:
Sub-Ballast is completed: View to the West: Direction Ausweiche and Garub: October
2004
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 189+000: Ostriches: View to
the Northwest: Direction Garub Mountain: January 2003
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The Feral Horses at Garub originating from German Military
Horses: Beginning of 20th Century: 20 km west of Aus in the Namib Desert: Karas Region
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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line (currently
under Re-construction) which was built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west
of Aus: Karas Region
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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was
built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast
Layer: View to the West in Direction Haalenberg: Karas Region: October 2004
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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was
built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast
Layer: View to the South: Karas Region: October 2004
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Garub Station at the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line which was
built between December 1905 and November 1906: 30 km west of Aus: completed Sub-Ballast
Layer: View to the East in Direction Ausweiche: Karas Region: October 2004
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The "Garub Water Railway Line" which provided the
Water for the Construction of the Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: with German Writer
Jürgen Leskien: August 2002: Karas Region
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The "Garub Water Railway Line": Karas Region
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Flowers in the Namib Desert after good Winter Rains: near Garub:
August 2002: Karas Region
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Fence of the Diamond Area No. 1: Namib Desert: Karas Region
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Aerial View on Namib Desert: From the Khoichab Dunes to the
Garub Mountain (Dikker Willem): View to the Southwest: Karas Region: January 2003
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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View to the Khoichab Dunes to the
Northwest: Karas Region: January 2003
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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View from the Khoichab Dunes to the
Tiras Mountains in the Northwest: Karas Region: January 2003
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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View to the Sinclair Area to the
West: Karas Region: January 2003
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Aerial View on Namib Desert: View north of the Sinclair Area to
the West: Karas Region: January 2003
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Aerial View on the Schwarzrand: West of Helmeringhausen: View to
the East: Karas Region: January 2003
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Aerial View on the Schwarzrand: West of Helmeringhausen: With
Brukkaros in the Distance: 200 km to the East: Karas Region: January 2003
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: View to the South
East: Direction Garub 2 Borehole: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: View to the West:
Direction Garub-Mountain (Dikker Willem): Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Feral Horses: With
Garub-Mountain (Dikker Willem) in the South: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Feral Horses: Karas
Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Feral Horses: View
to the South: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: View to the
Southwest: Direction Garub-Mountain (Dikker Willem): Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Eureka Pass: View to
the North into the Khoichab Dunes and Tiras Mountains: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Eureka: Euphorbia
"Bushman Candle": Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Eureka: Chameleon:
Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: "Road to
Eternity": View to the Southeast: Leeukop Mountains: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Images from the
Khoichab Dunes: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Euphorbia
Namibiensis "Elephant Foot": Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Images from the
Khoichab Forest at the Beginning of the Khoichab Pan: Many Century Old Camelthorn Trees
are dying due to the Extraction of Water of the Town of Lüderitz: November 2002: Karas
Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: !Nara Fruits: Staple
Food for San and Nama People in the Desert: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Ascent to the Caves with San Rockpaintings: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: View from Cave 1 to the North with Khoichab Dunes in the Background:
November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Cave 1 with recently discovered San Rockpaintings: Estimated C2 Period: 1200
BC to AD: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Waterhole near Cave 1: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Ascent from Cave 1 to Cave 2: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Cave 2 with recently discovered San Rockpaintings: Estimated C2 Period: 1200
BC to AD: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Cave 2 with recently discovered San Rock Engraving: Estimated C2 Period:
1200 BC to AD: November 2002: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Ascent to Cave 3 from the Base: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Ascent to Cave 3: Building Remains in the Form of Stone Circles at the
Kirchberg Settlement Site built by Pastoral Nomads in the Namib: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Ascent to Cave 3: Possible Good Look Cairn" (Nama: Heitsi-Eibib or
Haitse-aibeb) established by Pastoral Nomads in the Namib: Karas Region
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Khoichab Pan Restricted Area: Namib Desert: Kirchberg: East of
Khoichab Pan: Cave 3 with recently discovered San Rockpaintings: Estimated C2 Period: 1200
BC to AD: November 2002: Karas Region
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Namib Desert Images between Haalenberg and Kolmanskop: Karas
Region
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Near Kolmanskop: km 300 (from
Keetmanshoop: 20 km from Lüderitz): The "End of Road" has not been reaches as
yet: From 2003 onwards the Line will be rebuilt
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: Station Grasplatz: km 296 (24 km
from Lüderitz)
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 290 (approx. 30 km from
Lüderitz)
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: approx. km 290 (approx. 30 km
from Lüderitz): The 12 km Section from approx. km 290 to approx. km 300 is crossing a
heavy Sand Dune Section: New innovative Engineering Solutions have to be found for the
Rebuilding of this Railway Section (Phase 2: Haalenberg-Lüderitz): One Solution is the
Stabilisation of the Sand Dunes (See Photo: Test Stabilisation): Others are Tunnelling,
the Lifting of the Gradeline with appropriate Crossections or alternative Alignments
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Starting Point of Phase 1
of the Re-Construction of the Railway Line: Section of Roads Contractor Company (RCC): km
252+000 to km 220+000: Aus-Haalenberg: View to the West: Direction Haalenberg
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Construction of Railbed:
New Rails on right Side: View to the East: Direction Station Tsaukaib (Tsau||kaib: Nama:
Heavy Soft Sand)
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 252: Construction of B Layer
(A Layer and Sub-Ballast to follow): View to the West: Direction Haalenberg: Progress to
Date: August 2002
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of A
Layer (Sub-Ballast to follow): Station Tsaukhaib: View to the East: Direction Garub:
Progress to Date: November 2002 (10 km between km 242 to 252 to A-Level are
completed/under Construction)
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of A
Layer (Sub-Ballast to follow): Station Tsaukhaib: View to the West: Direction Haalenberg:
Progress to Date: November 2002 (10 km between km 242 to 252 to A-Level are
completed/under Construction)
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 240+000: Construction of Fill:
View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: January 2003 (Roadbed and Fill 14,20
km between km 237+800 to 252; B-Layer 10,20 km between Km 252 to 241+800; A-Layer 9,20 km
between Km 252 to 242+800 and Subballast 3,20 km between km 252 and 248+800)
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: A Layer completed:
View to the East: Direction Garub: Progress to Date: January 2003: 9,20 km
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Aus to Lüderitz Railway Line: km 246+000: Construction of
Pre-Fabricated Box-Culvert: Progress of Culverts to Date: January 2003: 5 km
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The southern Port City of Lüderitz, 1971: View from South to
North: Karas Region
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The southern Port City of Lüderitz, 2004: View from the
Southeast: Karas Region
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In Lüderitz still lives Namibia's German Colonial Past: 1971
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Lüderitz at an early Spring Morning: August 2002
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The "Felsenkirche" (Rock Church) at Lüderitz with a
View to the North
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View from the "Felsenkirche" to the North (with Goerke
House at the Forefront)
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Stained-Glass Windows in the "Felsenkirche" at
Lüderitz
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The 1909 built "Goerke House" at Lüderitz
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The new Waterfront at Lüderitz which was opened in 2002
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Shark Island at Lüderitz with a View to the South-East: Shark
Island is known for its infamous Concentration Camp during the German Colonial Era:
1905-1907
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Shark Island at Lüderitz with a View to the North
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Memorial Plaque of Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz at Shark Island:
Only the Memories of the German Colonial Past are evident: There is no Memorial for the
more than One Thousand Namibians - Men, Women and Children - who perished at the Hands of
the German Authority at the Shark Island Concentration Camp: 1905-1907
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RESTRICTED DIAMOND AREA (SPERRGEBIET)

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"Kleiner Bogenfels" between Grosse Bucht and Diaz
Point southwest of Lüderitz: 2004: Karas Region
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Grosse Bucht southwest of Lüderitz: 2004: Karas Region
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The Diamond Ghost Town of Kolmanskop east of Lüderitz: 1971:
Karas Region
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Image from the deserted Town of Kolmanskop
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Kolmanskop: August 2002: Karas Region
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The Sperrgebiet Coast Line between Lüderitz and Oranjemund is
one of the desolatest Coast Areas in the World: August 1990
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The Remains of the Old Diamond Processing Plant at Elizabeth
Bay: January 2000
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The Diamond Mine at Prinzenbucht in the Sperrgebiet: January
2000
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The Diamond Mine at Pomona from the Air: August 1990
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The Diamond Mine at Pomona: January 2000
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The Bogenfels southwest of the Diamond Mine at Pomona from the
Air: August 1990
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The Bogenfels: January 2000
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The Atlantic Off-Shore Island Plumpudding in the Sperrgebiet
from the Air: August 1990
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FROM ||KHAUXA!NAS TO WARMBAD AND THE KALAHARI

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The Great Karas Mountains from the West: Kuchanas: January 2004
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Access Road to ||Khauxa!nas: Main Road 26: Through the Great
Karas Mountains: January 2004
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The Great Karas Mountains from the East: February 1987
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The Great Karas Mountains from Aob (Gaitsanes): April 2003
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German War Memorial: Reflecting the Battle of Aob between Jakob
Marengo and Captain Kirchner: 10.03.1905
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Landscape east of ||Khauxa!nas: With View to the Great Karas Mountains in the
West: Karas Region: April 2003
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Landscape east of ||Khauxa!nas: With View to the Gurus River in
the South: District Road 612: Karas Region: April 2003
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||Khauxa!nas is the oldest so far known Pre-Colonial Settlement
in an Engineering Sense: East of the Great Karas Mountains: View from the Top of the Ruins
to the East: February 1987
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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to the East:
October 1988
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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to
the East: With Protection Wall in the Background: April 2003
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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to
the East: With Protection Wall in the Background: January 2004
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||Khauxa!nas: Karen (née von Bremen) and Klaus
Dierks (left Photograph with Jakob Marengo's House): January 2004
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phographs)
||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the Ruins to
the West: With the Great Karas Mountains in the Background: April 2003
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||Khauxa!nas: Top of the Ruins: Details of
Structural Elements: April 2003 and January 2004 (Top
Row)
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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the
Mountain: Onto the Back River: April 2003
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||Khauxa!nas: View from the Top of the
Mountain: Onto the Back River: January 2004
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Possible House of Klaas Afrikaner on the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain:
April 2003
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Possible House of Klaas Afrikaner on the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain:
January 2004
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Protective Wall around the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Plateau: April
2003
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Protective Wall around the ||Khauxa!nas Mountain Plateau:
January 2004
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The Rectangular Building in ||Khauxa!nas: "Marengo's
House": April 2003
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The Rectangular Building in ||Khauxa!nas: "Marengo's
House": January 2004
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Tombstones (Heitsi Eibeb) on the Eastern Side of the ||Khauxa!nas
Mountain Fortress: 1987
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Tombstones (Heitsi Eibeb) on the Eastern Side of the ||Khauxa!nas
Mountain Fortress: April 2003
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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas east of the Great Karas Mountains:
February 1987
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Precolonial Pathway to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: April
2003
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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas east of the Great Karas Mountains:
View from the Pathway to the Top of the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: April 2003
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Bak River at ||Khauxa!nas: View from the Pathway to the Top of
the ||Khauxa!nas Ruins: During the Rainy Season 2003/2004: January 2004
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Grave of the German Unit "Nikolai von Stempel": at
Gugunas South (||Khauxa!nas): 30.08.1904: The Skirmish with Jakob Marengo initiated the
Nama War in the South
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