Quiver Tree Forest
The Quiver Tree Forest is a forest and tourist attraction of southern Namibia about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop on the road to Koës. It comprises about 250 specimens of Aloidendron dichotomum, a species that is also locally known as the quiver tree because the San people traditionally used its branches to make quivers.
- Evergreen forest
- …lies at an elevation of 1,092 metres (3,583 feet)
- Description: natural monument in Namibia
- Also known as“Kokerboom”“Kokerboom Forest”“Kokerboom Woud”
Quiver Tree Forest
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Latitude
-26.48074° or 26° 28′ 51″ south
Longitude
18.24422° or 18° 14′ 39″ east
Open location code
5F5WG69V+PM
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Swedish—“Quiver Tree Forest” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kokerboomwoud”
- Cebuano: “Kokerboomwoud”
- Dutch: “Kokerboomwoud”
- French: “Forêt d’arbres à carquois”
- Fulah: “Kokerboomwoud”
- German: “Köcherbaumwald”
- German: “Kokerboom Woud”
- Italian: “Giant’s Playground”
- Italian: “Köcherbaumwald”
- Italian: “Quiver Tree Forest”
- Spanish: “Bosque de árboles Quiver”
- Swedish: “Kokerboomskogen”
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