Walvis Bay
Walvis Bay is a bay in Erongo, Namibia. Walvis Bay is situated nearby to the suburb Kuisebmond, as well as near the locality Otweya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Walvis Bay railway station and Floating dock Muloobinba.
Walvis Bay railway station
Railway station
Walvis Bay railway station is a railway station serving the port city of Walvis Bay in Namibia. It is part of the TransNamib railway network.
Floating dock Muloobinba
Dock
Floating Dock Muloobinba is a floating dry dock that was owned by the Forgacs Group, and berthed at Carrington, within Newcastle Harbour, Australia. Built in Japan in 1977, Muloobinba arrived in Newcastle in 1978 and was based at the State Dockyard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walvis Bay and Kuisebmond.
Walvis Bay
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Walvis Bay is a city of 62,000 on Namibia's Atlantic coast. It has the country's only commercial port. It is famous as a place to see large numbers of flamingoes and rare migratory birds.
Kuisebmond
Suburb
Kuisebmond is a township of Walvis Bay, Namibia, named after the Kuiseb River. With a population of 40,000, most residents of Walvis Bay live in the area.
Walvis Bay
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Walfisch Bai”, “Walfish Bay”, and “Walvis Baii”
- Category: body of water
- Location: Erongo, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-22.92729° or 22° 55′ 38″ southLongitude
14.48859° or 14° 29′ 19″ eastOpen location code
5F9P3FFQ+3COpenStreetMap ID
node 13103416056OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3359639
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Walvis Bay” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Walvisbaai”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Otweya and Meersig.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Namdock 1 and Namdock 2.
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