A volcanic ruin of great beauty and diversity : Erongo Mountains / Luise Hoffmann
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Travel News Namibia, Volume 15 No 10, Dec 2007/Jan 2008; p. 12 - 13Publication details: Windhoek : Venture Publications, 2007Description: 2 pages : illustrations; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- PER 461 Travel News
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Today's Erongo is only a fraction of what was once a huge volcano. About 130 million years ago, shortly before the ancient continent of Gondwanaland began splitting up into South America, Africa, India, Antarctica and Australia, the crust of the earth in the vicinity of today's Erongo massif cracked and heaved and the surrounding areas were flooded by streams of lava
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