Southern Africa
Namibia
ǁKaras

Kolmanskop

Kolmanskop is a ghost town in the in southern , 10 kilometres inland from the port town of . It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—1:00 PM
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: city
  • Address: Lüderitz

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lüderitz Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Krukrus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an serving , a town in the ǁKaras Region of . The airport is about 9 km southeast of the center of Lüderitz, on the B4 road. is situated 2½ km northeast of Kolmanskop.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lüderitz.

Photo: Martin Cígler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in the region of southern , situated on the coast of the Atlantic. It is a former colonial German town, noted for its distinctive German atmosphere and colonial style buildings, reflecting the Art Nouveau style architecture at the turn of the century.

Kolmanskop

Latitude
-26.7019° or 26° 42′ 7″ south
Longitude
15.23185° or 15° 13′ 55″ east
Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)
Open location code
5F5Q76XJ+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7118812452
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
3356024
Wiki­data ID
Q819123
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Kolmanskop” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kolmanskop”
  • Arabic: “كولمانسكوب”
  • Armenian: “Կոլմանսկոպ”
  • Asturian: “Kolmanskop”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kolmanskop”
  • Basque: “Kolmanskop”
  • Belarusian: “Калманскоп”
  • Bengali: “কলমানস্কপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Колманскоп”
  • Catalan: “Kolmanskop”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆڵمانسکۆپ”
  • Chinese: “卡曼斯科”
  • Croatian: “Kolmanskop”
  • Czech: “Kolmanskop”
  • Czech: “Kolmanskoppe”
  • Danish: “Kolmanskop”
  • Dutch: “Kolmanskop”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولمانسكوب”
  • Finnish: “Kolmanskop”
  • French: “Kolmanskop”
  • Galician: “Kolmanskop”
  • German: “Kohlmannskuppe”
  • German: “Kolmannskoppe”
  • German: “Kolmannskuppe”
  • German: “Kolmanskoop”
  • German: “Kolmanskop”
  • German: “Kolmanskoppe”
  • German: “Kolmanskuppe”
  • Hebrew: “קולמנסקופ”
  • Hungarian: “Kolmanskop”
  • Indonesian: “Kolmannskuppe”
  • Indonesian: “Kolmanskop”
  • Italian: “Kolmanskop”
  • Japanese: “コールマンスコップ”
  • Korean: “콜만스코프”
  • Polish: “Kolmannskuppe”
  • Polish: “Kolmanskop”
  • Portuguese: “Kolmanskop”
  • Russian: “Колманскоп”
  • Slovenian: “Kolmanskop”
  • Spanish: “Kolmanskop”
  • Swahili: “Kolmanskop”
  • Swedish: “Kolmanskop”
  • Ukrainian: “Колманскоп”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡曼斯科”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kolmanskop”. Photo: squeakymarmot, CC BY 2.0.