🦎 Palmwag

Namibia · Africa · Nature Reserve · 19.83°S, 13.83°E

Palmwag is a veterinary control point, an oasis and a tourism concession area on communal land in northern Namibia. It is located in the Kunene region on the Uniab River, in northwestern Damaraland, halfway between Swakopmund and the Etosha National Park. It covers an area of 400,000 hectares and has populations of Hyphaena petersiana. Palmwag is situated on the Red Line, a veterinary cordon fence separating northern Namibia from the rest of the country.

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Quick facts

Country	Namibia
Continent / region	Africa
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	19.83°S, 13.83°E · view on map

Palmwag is a nature reserve in Namibia, in Africa. The details of why Palmwag is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Namibia

Skeleton Coast National Park · Etosha National Park · Mangetti National Park · Nkasa Rupara National Park · Dorob National Park · NamibRand Nature Reserve · Namib-Naukluft National Park · Gamsberg Nature Reserve.

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