Namib-Naukluft National Park

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national park protected area

Namib-Naukluft National Park is one of Africa’s largest protected areas, renowned for its towering red sand dunes, stark desert landscapes, and unique desert-adapted wildlife along Namibia’s Atlantic coast.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Deadvlei 1
Sossusvlei 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area about 49,768 square kilometres ⓘ
climate desert climate ⓘ
hyper-arid ⓘ
contains Deadvlei ⓘ
surface form: Deadvlei clay pan

Kuiseb River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Naukluft Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Naukluft massif

Sesriem Canyon ⓘ
Deadvlei ⓘ
surface form: Sossusvlei salt and clay pan

Tsondab River ⓘ
dune field of Sossusvlei ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Namibia ⓘ
ecosystemType coastal desert ⓘ
mountainous desert ⓘ
established 1907 ⓘ
fauna Hartmann's mountain zebra ⓘ
bat-eared fox ⓘ
brown hyena ⓘ
jackal ⓘ
Oryx gazella ⓘ
surface form: oryx (gemsbok)

ostrich ⓘ
springbok ⓘ
flora camelthorn acacia ⓘ
Welwitschia mirabilis ⓘ
surface form: welwitschia mirabilis
governingBody Namibia Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism of Namibia
highestDune Big Daddy ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor Deadvlei ⓘ
Naukluft Mountains ⓘ
Sesriem Canyon ⓘ
Namib-Naukluft National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sossusvlei

desert-adapted wildlife ⓘ
stark desert landscapes ⓘ
towering red sand dunes ⓘ
language Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
German ⓘ
locatedIn Erongo Region ⓘ
Hardap Region ⓘ
Namib Desert ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast ⓘ
nearestCity Swakopmund ⓘ
Walvis Bay ⓘ
notableDune Dune 45 ⓘ
originalName Game Reserve No. 3 ⓘ
partOf Namib-Skeleton Coast National Park complex ⓘ
primaryMoistureSource Atlantic fog ⓘ
tourismActivity desert hiking ⓘ
dune climbing ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Namib Desert → contains → Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deadvlei
Namib Desert → contains → Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ
Erongo Region → containsProtectedArea → Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ
Namibia → hasNationalPark → Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ
Namib-Naukluft National Park → knownFor → Namib-Naukluft National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sossusvlei
Sandwich Harbour → partOf → Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ
Welwitschia mirabilis → protectedIn → Namib-Naukluft National Park ⓘ