Namib
The Namib is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than 2,000 kilometres along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Namibia, and northwest South Africa, extending southward from the Carunjamba River in Angola, through Namibia and to the Olifants River in Western Cape, South Africa.
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Latitude
-23° or 23° south
Longitude
15° east
Open location code
5F9Q2222+22
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yakut—“Namib” goes by many names.
NamibwoestynAfrikaans
Shkretëtira e NamibisëAlbanian
صحراء نامبياArabic
صحراء ناميبArabic
Desierto de NamibiaAragonese
Disierto de NamibiaAragonese
Նամիբ անապատArmenian
Namib səhrasıAzerbaijani
NamibBasque
Namib basamortuaBasque
НамібBelarusian
Пустыня НамібBelarusian
NamibBreton
НамибBulgarian
Desert de NamibCatalan
Desert de NamíbiaCatalan
Desert del NamibCatalan
NamibCatalan
Namib DesertCebuano
بیابانی نامیبCentral Kurdish
納米比沙漠Chinese
纳米布沙漠Chinese
那米比沙漠Chinese
NamibCroatian
Namibijská poušťCzech
Namibská poušťCzech
NamibørkenenDanish
NamibDutch
Namib-woestijnDutch
صحرا ناميبEgyptian Arabic
NamibEsperanto
Namib-dezertoEsperanto
Namiba dezertoEsperanto
NamiboEsperanto
Namibi kõrbEstonian
NamibFinnish
Namibian aavikkoFinnish
Namibin aavikkoFinnish
Deserto do NamibGalician
Desierto de NamibiaGalician
NamibGalician
ნამიბის უდაბნოGeorgian
Yvy ojeiko’ỹha NamíveGuarani
מדבר נמיבHebrew
מדבר נמיביהHebrew
नामीब मरुस्थलHindi
Namib-sivatagHungarian
NamíbeyðimörkinIcelandic
Dezerto NamibIdo
Gurun NamibIndonesian
NamibIndonesian
Fásach NamibIrish
Deserto del NamibItalian
Deserto NamibItalian
Moon ValleyItalian
NamibItalian
ナミーブ沙漠Japanese
ナミーブ砂漠Japanese
ナミブ沙漠Japanese
ナミブ砂漠Japanese
Aneẓruf n NamibKabyle
ನಮಿಬ್ ಮರುಭೂಮಿKannada
NamïbKazakh
НамибKazakh
نامىيبKazakh
НамибKirghiz
나미브 사막Korean
Namib LetaxoKotava
Desertum NamibenseLatin
Namiba tuksnesisLatvian
Deserto NamibLingua Franca Nova
NamibasLithuanian
Namibijos dykumaLithuanian
Namibo dykumaLithuanian
НамибMacedonian
Efitr‘ i NamibMalagasy
Gurun NamibMalay
Namib DesertMalayalam
നമീബ് മരുഭൂമിMalayalam
Baħar tar-Ramel tan-NamibjaMaltese
Deżert tan-NamibjaMaltese
NamibMaltese
ნამიბიაშ ტიოზიMingrelian
Намибийн цөлMongolian
नामिबNepali
NamibNorthern Frisian
NamibørkenenNorwegian
NamibiaørkenenNorwegian Bokmål
NamibørkenenNorwegian Bokmål
NamibørkenenNorwegian Nynorsk
НамибOssetian
ਨਮੀਬ ਮਾਰੂਥਲPanjabi
بیابان نامیبPersian
NamibPolish
Pustynia NamibPolish
NamibQuechua
Deşertul NamibRomanian
NamibRomanian
НамибRussian
Пустыня НамибRussian
NamibScots
Namib DesertScots
Fàsach NamibScottish Gaelic
NamibScottish Gaelic
Namib DesertScottish Gaelic
NamibSerbian
НамибSerbian
Намибијска пустињаSerbian
Пустиња НамибSerbian
NamibSerbo-Croatian
ناميب ريگستانSindhi
නමිබ්Sinhala
NamibSlovak
NamibSlovenian
Lamadegaanka NamibSomali
Jangwa la NamibSwahili
Jangwa NamibSwahili
NamibSwahili
NamibSwedish
NamibiaöknenSwedish
NamiböknenSwedish
tanzruft n NamibTachelhit
Tinir n NamibTachelhit
நமீப் பாலைவனம்Tamil
ทะเลทรายนามิบThai
ทะเลทรายนามิเบียThai
Namib ÇölüTurkish
НамібUkrainian
Пустеля НамібUkrainian
صحرائے نمیبUrdu
NamibUzbek
Hoang mạc NamibVietnamese
NamibVietnamese
Sa mạc NamibVietnamese
Sa mạc NamibiaVietnamese
Disyerto NamibWaray (Philippines)
صحرائے نمیبWestern Panjabi
نامب روہیWestern Panjabi
纳米布沙漠Wu Chinese
НамиибYakut
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