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Burnt Mountain (Namibia)

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and its red, brown, cream and purple colours creates a striking contrast at dusk with the surrounding 200-million-year-old beige rocks of
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Burnt Mountain rises above the surrounding area by about 200 metres and is not far from the
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Official website of the National Monument of Burnt Mountain
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Since 15 September 1956, the Burnt Mountain has been a
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on the D3254 road and about 10 kilometres southeast of
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at the foot of a 12-kilometre-long volcanic ridge in
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Coordinates
20°37′18″S 14°25′06″E / 20.6216789°S 14.4182253°E / -20.6216789; 14.4182253
Burnt Mountain is located in Namibia
Namibia
Age of rock
Afrikaans
hill
lava flow
Damaraland
Namibia
thermal
compression metamorphism
Karoo
slate
Organ Pipes
Twyfelfontein
National Monument


Burnt Mountain
"The Verbrandeberg and Organ Pipes"
Official website of the National Monument of Burnt Mountain
Categories
Mountains of Namibia
Geology of Namibia
National Monuments of Namibia
Volcanic landforms
Geography of Kunene Region

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