Sperrgebiet National Park

E173995

desert region national park protected area

Sperrgebiet National Park is a remote, highly protected coastal desert wilderness in southwestern Namibia, renowned for its former diamond-mining exclusion zone, rich biodiversity, and stark Atlantic landscapes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sperrgebiet National Park canonical	4
Skeleton Coast National Park	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert region ⓘ national park ⓘ protected area ⓘ
access	permit required ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tsau ǁKhaeb National Park ⓘ Tsau ǁKhaeb National Park ⓘ surface form: Tsau ǁKhaeb Sperrgebiet National Park
area	approximately 26000 square kilometres ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot	succulent flora ⓘ
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Lüderitz ⓘ Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ Orange River ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
climateInfluencedBy	Benguela Current ⓘ surface form: cold Benguela Current
conservationObjective	protect desert and coastal ecosystems ⓘ rehabilitate former mining areas ⓘ
contains	Kolmanskop ⓘ former mining towns ⓘ
country	Namibia ⓘ
ecosystemType	coastal desert ⓘ succulent Karoo biome ⓘ
establishedAsNationalPark	2008 ⓘ
formerName	Sperrgebiet ⓘ
governedBy	Namibia Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism of Namibia
hasEndemismOf	invertebrates ⓘ plants ⓘ reptiles ⓘ
hasFeature	coastal dunes ⓘ gravel plains ⓘ rocky inselbergs ⓘ
hasHistoryOf	diamond mining ⓘ
IUCNCategory	II ⓘ
knownFor	endemic plant species ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ shipwrecks along the coast ⓘ stark Atlantic coastal landscapes ⓘ
languageOfName	German ⓘ
locatedIn	western Namibia ⓘ surface form: southwestern Namibia
locatedInRegion	Karas Region ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
meaningOfName	prohibited area in German ⓘ
nearestTown	Lüderitz ⓘ
partOf	Namib Desert ⓘ
protectionStatus	highly restricted access ⓘ
tourismType	low-impact ecotourism ⓘ
transboundaryContext	near border with South Africa ⓘ
was	diamond-mining exclusion zone ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lüderitz → hasNearbyFeature → Sperrgebiet National Park ⓘ

Cape Frio → nearbyFeature → Sperrgebiet National Park ⓘ

this entity surface form: Skeleton Coast National Park

Erongo Region → containsProtectedArea → Sperrgebiet National Park ⓘ

Karas Region → containsProtectedArea → Sperrgebiet National Park ⓘ

Namib-Skeleton Coast National Park complex → includes → Sperrgebiet National Park ⓘ