Brandberg Mountain

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Brandberg Mountain is Namibia’s highest massif, renowned for its dramatic granite peak and extensive ancient rock art, including the famous White Lady painting.

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Label Occurrences
Brandberg Mountain canonical 2
Brandberg area 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf massif
mountain
mountain peak
rock painting
rock shelter
alsoKnownAs Dâures
climate arid
continent Africa
country Namibia
culturalSignificance archaeological heritage site
important San rock art site
distanceFromAtlanticCoast approximately 80 kilometres
elevation 2573 metres
8441 feet
formedBy igneous intrusion
geologicalAge Mesozoic
geologicalComposition granite
hasBiodiversity endemic plant species
endemic reptile species
hasPeak Königstein NERFINISHED
hasRockArtSite White Lady
highestPointOf Namibia
isInTimeZone Central Africa Time
knownFor dramatic granite peak
extensive rock art
the White Lady painting
locatedIn Erongo Region NERFINISHED
Maack Shelter
Namib Desert
surface form: Namib Desert interior

northwestern Namibia
locatedOn Brandberg Mountain self-linksurface differs
meaning Burning Mountain
mountainRangeType granite massif
nameLanguage Afrikaans
Damara
nameMeaning Fire Mountain
near Atlantic coast of Namibia
nearestTown Uis
numberOfRockPaintings over 1000
partOf Namib Desert NERFINISHED
prominence approximately 2500 metres
protectedStatus conservation area
region Damaraland
tourismActivity hiking
mountain climbing
rock art tours
visualFeature appears to glow at sunrise and sunset

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Erongo Region containsGeographicalFeature Brandberg Mountain
Damara people traditionalTerritory Brandberg Mountain
this entity surface form: Brandberg area
Brandberg Mountain locatedOn Brandberg Mountain self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: White Lady