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In-Depth Information
Fig. 8
continued
includes giant Devonian
Orthoceras
, trilobites, bivalves and
some placoderm (battleships
sh) fragments.
3.3
Namibia
Namibia has a good inventory of its geological heritage
(Schneider
2003
). Information on Namibia
'
s geoheritage has
been maintained for many years at the Geological Survey of
Namibia, and includes magmatic structures such as the
Brandberg, the Dolerite Hills, the Etendeka Plateau, the Er-
ongo, Messum, the Organ Pipes, and the Spitzkuppe, sedi-
mentary structures such as Burnt Mountain, Dieprivier, the
Gamsberg, Mount Etjo, Mukorob, the Omatako Mountains,
the Sesriem Canyon, the Fingerklip and the Waterberg; land-
scapes such as Etosha Pan, the Kalahari, the Namib Desert, the
Naukluft, and Sossusvlei and Tsondabvlei; canyons such as
the Fishriver Canyon and the Kuiseb Canyon; karst structures
such as Lake Otjikoto and Lake Guinas, palaeontological sites
such as the Dinosaur footprints at Otjihaenamaparero and the
Petri
ed Forest; and meteorites such as the Hoba Meteorite
and the Gibeon Meteorite shower. In addition, the historic
diamond mining village of Kolmanskuppe is considered to be
of signi
Fig. 8 a
e
Fossiliferous sites of Erfoud and Tazarine areas, which are
being overexploited either as ornamental rocks or as rare specimens
sold for private collections
-
cance as industrial heritage.
