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We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific is a 1972 book by the British-born New Zealand doctor David Lewis, which explains the principles of Micronesian and Polynesian navigation through his experience of placing his boat under control of several traditional navigators on long ocean voyages.
Karasburg has an extreme climate most of the year with temperatures rising well over 40 degrees Celsius in summer and dropping to sub-zero in winter. [3] Low rainfall is experienced in this region (annual average rainfall: 128 millimetres (5.0 in) at the Karasburg weather station), [6] the rainy season usually arriving in early January and leaving as late as early April.
Namibia has declared the 16,000 square kilometres (6,200 sq mi) area of coastline and adjacent deserts, scrub and marshlands as Skeleton Coast National Park, from the Ugab River to the Kunene. The northern half of the park is a designated wilderness area .
The earliest records of rock engravings at Wildebeest Kuil are the copies made by George William Stow who was on the Diamond Fields in the early 1870s. In 1875, Stow sent copies of paintings and engravings, including those made here, to Dr Wilhelm Bleek in Cape Town: "their publication", wrote Bleek, "cannot but effect a radical change in the ideas generally entertained with regard to Bushmen ...
The Naute Dam is a dam outside of Keetmanshoop in the Karas Region of Namibia.It was built by Concor between 1970 and 1972 and was officially commissioned in September 1972. It is the third largest dam in Namibia after Hardap Dam to Naute's north and can hold up to 69 million cubic metres of water.
When Namibia was a German colony, the Caprivi Strip was known in German as Caprivizipfel. Before colonisation, it was known as Itenge. During a short-lived secession attempt around the year 2000, the name Itenge was used by the separatists. It is also sometimes called the Okavango Panhandle.
This is a list of lighthouses in Namibia. Lighthouses. Name Location Coordinates Year built Structure Focal height Notes Cape Cross Cape Cross
The Namibian Ports Authority (Namport) is a state owned enterprise established by an act of parliament as the national port authority of Namibia, [1] managing principally the ports of Walvis Bay and Lüderitz, as well as managing a Syncrolift dry dock facility in Walvis Bay. Namport was founded in 1994. [2]