Southern Africa
Namibia
Hardap

Sossusvlei

Sossusvlei is the main attraction of the . The word vlei is an Afrikaans word that means "pan" and Sossusvlei is a clay pan between large sand dunes. The name of the 'town' is Sesriem, also the name of a nearby canyon.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Anagoria, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Body of water (intermittent)
  • Description: salt and clay pan in the Namib Desert, Namibia
  • Also known as: “Sossus”, “Sossus Vlei”, and “Sossus Vley”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Deadvlei.

Photo: MarkDhawn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a white clay pan located near the more famous salt pan of Sossusvlei, in a valley between the dunes in the Namib-Naukluft Park in . Also written or Dead Vlei, its name means "dead marsh".

Sossusvlei

Latitude
-24.7395° or 24° 44′ 22″ south
Longitude
15.2902° or 15° 17′ 25″ east
Elevation
569 metres (1,867 feet)
Open location code
5F7Q776R+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106127199
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­pan
Open­Street­Map attribute
intermittent=­yes
Geo­Names ID
3353011
Wiki­data ID
Q1932730
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Sossusvlei from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Sossusvlei” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sossusvlei”
  • Arabic: “سوسوسفلي”
  • Cebuano: “Sossusvlei”
  • Chinese: “索蘇斯弗雷”
  • Chinese: “索蘇斯鹽沼”
  • Chinese: “索蘇維來”
  • Chinese: “艾里姆沙丘”
  • Chinese: “蘇絲斯黎”
  • Chuvash: “Соссусфлей”
  • Czech: “Sossusvlei”
  • Dutch: “Sossusvlei”
  • Finnish: “Sossusvlei”
  • French: “Dunes de Sossusvlei”
  • French: “Dunes de Sossuvlei”
  • French: “Sossusvlei”
  • Galician: “Sossusvlei”
  • German: “Sossusvlei”
  • Hebrew: “סוסוסבלאי”
  • Indonesian: “Sossusvlei”
  • Irish: “Sossusvlei”
  • Italian: “Sossus Vlei”
  • Italian: “Sossusvlei”
  • Japanese: “ソーサスフライ”
  • Japanese: “ソッサスブレイ”
  • Japanese: “ソッソスヴレイ”
  • Macedonian: “Сосусфлај”
  • Portuguese: “Sossusvlei”
  • Russian: “Сесрием”
  • Russian: “Соссусфлей”
  • Slovenian: “Sossusvlei”
  • Spanish: “Sossusvlei”
  • Thai: “โซสซูสเฟลย์”
  • Ukrainian: “Соссуфлей”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘇絲斯黎”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Sossusvlei”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Namib-Naukluft National Park.

Hardap: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Namib-Naukluft National Park, Mariental, Rehoboth, and Maltahöhe.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.
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 Wikivoyage page “Sossusvlei”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.