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| Image number: | 2479 |
| Feature : | dyke |
| Grouping : | geological structures |
| Discipline : | geology |
| Year : | 2009 |
| Locality : | Swakopmund coast |
| Country : | Namibia |
| Region - tribe : | Namib Desert |
| Physiographic region : | Namib Desert |
| Notice : | A view over the moonlandscape on the northern outskirts of the Namib Desert, close to Swakopmund. A basaltic dyke forms the ridge of the first chain of hills. |
| Reference : | Vandecasteele, Ine, 2009 Image 2479. In : Moeyersons, Jan : "African Geographic Pictures", http://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/collections_libraries/earth_sciences/collections/geopic" |