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in Botswana, on the other bank of the Chobe River. There is a Namibian customs and immigration post on the island. There is also an airport with a 1,300 metre runway, used for charter flights to bring tourists to the various
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May 2010 satellite view of the Zambezi floodplain, west of the Zambezi-Chobe confluency, showing Impalila Island on the right edge of the picture.
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on the island. The airport is a relic of a military base used in the 1980s by the
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Impalila is located in Namibia
17°47′00″S 25°13′24″E / 17.78333°S 25.22333°E / -17.78333; 25.22333
Namibia
Zambezi river
Chobe River
Tswanas
Botswana
Subia
Namibia
Kasane
lodges
South African Defence Forces
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Namibian Navy
Naval Base Impalila
Namibian Marine Corps


Botswana
Bradt Travel Guides
193–193
ISBN
978-1-84162-308-5
"Kaza Safari Lodge"
"Impalila naval base commissioned"
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Namibia
stub

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