LUDERITZ: OLD TOWN, HARBOUR & SHARK ISLAND NAMIBIA | ЛЮДЕРИЦ НАМИБИЯ: СТАРЫЙ ГОРОД И АКУЛИЙ ОСТРОВ

LUDERITZ: OLD TOWN, HARBOUR & SHARK ISLAND NAMIBIA | ЛЮДЕРИЦ НАМИБИЯ: СТАРЫЙ ГОРОД И АКУЛИЙ ОСТРОВ Luderitz, Namibia: Photo gallery Luderitz: Facebook: NAMIBIA: LUDERITZ: TRAVEL NAMIBIA: Lüderitz is a harbour town in the Karas Region in the south of Namibia near Sperrgebiet diamond area. The town is located on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa south of Skeleton Coast Park. Luderitz is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island. Lüderitz Bay was first known to Europeans when Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Diaz discovered it in 1487. He named it Angra Pequena (Portuguese: Small Bay) and erected a padrão (stone cross) on the southern peninsula. In the 18th century Dutch adventurers and scientists explored the area in search of minerals without much of success. Further exploration expeditions followed in the early 19th century during which the vast ocean wildlife was discovered. Profitable enterprises were set up and included whaling, seal hunting, fishing and harvesting of guano from nearby islands. Lüderitz began its life as a trading post. The town was founded in 1883 when Heinrich Vogelsang purchased Angra Pequena and some of the surrounding land on behalf of Adolf Lüderitz, a Hanseat from Bremen in Germany, from the local Nama chief Josef Frederiks II in Bethanie. When Adolf Lüderitz did not return from an expedition to the Orange River in 1886, Angra Pequena was named Lüderitzbucht in his honour. In 1905, German authorities established a...