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Southwest Africa, Erongo Region

Swakopmund

German landing beach

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: German colonial beers and seltzers, landing-loss cargo glass..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1892-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Cold Benguela surf
fog.

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