Dikwillem (
Afrikaans
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) or Dicker Wilhelm (
German
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), also known as ''Garub-Berg'' or ''Garubberg'', is a mountain in
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...
. With an elevation of 1496 meters and lying within the
Namib desert
The Namib ( ; pt, Namibe) is a coastal desert in Southern Africa. The name is of Khoekhoegowab origin and means "vast place". According to the broadest definition, the Namib stretches for more than along the Atlantic coasts of Angola, Nami ...
, the mountain is visible from a great distance from all directions. It is about 15 kilometers north of the
B4 road and about 80 kilometers east of
Lüderitz
Lüderitz is a town in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It lies on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. It is a port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island.
The town is known for its colonial architecture, includ ...
.
The harsh environment and barren plains around Garub became the habitat of the
desert horses of the Namib - descendants from German cavalry horses and adapted to the conditions and dry climate of the desert.
During the time of
German colonial empire a
heliographic station was operated by the German
Schutztruppe
(, Protection Force) was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to 1918. Similar to other colonial armies, the consisted of volunteer European commissioned ...
on top of Dikwillem.
See German Book ''Stefan Loose Reiseführer Namibia''
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Gallery
References
Geography of ǁKaras Region
Mountains of Namibia
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