Namib Sand Sea
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (viii), (ix), (x).
Region
Africa
Namibia
Inscribed
2013
List reference
1430
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Namib Sand Sea is about 230 km south-east of Walvis Bay.
Nearest towns and cities
- Walvis Bay · about 52,000 peopleabout 230 km north-west
- Rehoboth · about 25,000 peopleabout 240 km north-east
- Swakopmund · about 29,000 peopleabout 260 km north
- Windhoek · about 268,000 peopleabout 310 km north-east
- Okahandja · about 21,000 peopleabout 360 km north-east
- Otjiwarongo · about 25,000 peopleabout 510 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
South AfricaCultural450 km away
NamibiaCultural489 km away
South AfricaCultural507 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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