Spitzkoppe
The Spitzkoppe is a group of bald granite peaks or inselbergs located between Usakos and Swakopmund in the Namib desert of Namibia. The granite is more than 120 million years old and the highest outcrop rises about 1,728 metres above sea level.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,629 metres
- Description: mountain in Namibia
- Also known as: “Groot Spitzkop”, “Große Spitzkoppe”, “Matterhorn of Namibia”, “Pontok Mountains”, “Spitzkop”, “Spitzkopje”, “Spitzkoppe Mountains”, and “Spitzkuppe”
Spitzkoppe
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Erongo, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-21.8263° or 21° 49′ 35″ south
Longitude
15.1957° or 15° 11′ 45″ east
Elevation
1,629 metres (5,344 feet)
Open location code
5FCQ55FW+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Spitzkoppe” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Spitzkoppe”
- Breton: “Pontok Mountains”
- Breton: “Spitzkoppe”
- Chinese: “史匹兹柯普”
- Chinese: “史匹茲柯普”
- Czech: “Pontok Mountains”
- Czech: “Spitzkoppe”
- Dutch: “Pontok Mountains”
- Dutch: “Spitzkoppe”
- French: “Pontok Mountains”
- French: “Spitzkoppe”
- German: “Pontok Mountains”
- German: “Spitzkoppe”
- Italian: “Pontok Mountains”
- Italian: “Spitzkoppe”
- Ladin: “Spitzkoppe”
- Lithuanian: “Pontok”
- Lithuanian: “Špickopė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Spitzkoppe”
- Portuguese: “Pontok Mountains”
- Portuguese: “Spitzkoppe”
- Russian: “Спицкопп”
- Slovak: “Spitzkoppe”
- Spanish: “Pontok Mountains”
- Spanish: “Spitzkoppe”
- Swedish: “Spitzkoppe”
- Venetian: “Spitzkoppe”
- “Spitzkoppe”
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