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.
- Peak rising to 1,629 metres (5,344 feet)
- Description: mountain in Namibia
- Also known as“Matterhorn of Namibia”“Pontok Mountains”“Spitzkoppe Mountains”
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Latitude
-21.8263° or 21° 49′ 35″ south
Longitude
15.1957° or 15° 11′ 45″ east
Open location code
5FCQ55FW+F7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Spitzkoppe” goes by many names.
SpitzkoppeAfrikaans
Pontok MountainsBreton
SpitzkoppeBreton
史匹兹柯普Chinese
史匹茲柯普Chinese
Groot SpitzkopCzech
Große SpitzkoppeCzech
Pontok MountainsCzech
SpitzkopCzech
SpitzkopjeCzech
SpitzkoppeCzech
SpitzkuppeCzech
Pontok MountainsDutch
SpitzkoppeDutch
Pontok MountainsItalian
SpitzkoppeItalian
SpitzkoppeLadin
PontokLithuanian
ŠpickopėLithuanian
SpitzkoppeNorwegian Bokmål
СпицкоппRussian
SpitzkoppeSlovak
SpitzkoppeSwedish
SpitzkoppeVenetian
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