Spitzkoppe

The Spitzkoppe is a group of bald <a href="/facts/Granite/G2evuVKo">granite</a> peaks or <a href="/facts/Inselberg/RElGgtxh">inselbergs</a> located between <a href="/facts/Usakos/QfNHxFmy">Usakos</a> and <a href="/facts/Swakopmund/lvggIVWR">Swakopmund</a> in the <a href="/facts/Namib_desert/pVjUIn1F">Namib desert</a> of <a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a>. The granite is more than 120 million years old and the highest outcrop rises about 1,728 metres (5,669 ft) above <a href="/facts/Sea_level/mDhuI7Xe">sea level</a>. The peaks stand out dramatically from the flat surrounding plains. The highest peak is about 670 m (2,200 ft) above the floor of the desert below. A minor peak – the Little Spitzkoppe – lies nearby at an elevation of 1,557 m (5,108 ft). Other prominences stretch out into a range known as the Pontok Mountains.
Many examples of <a href="/facts/Bushmen/9PBJCTgb">Bushmen</a> artwork can be seen painted on the rock in the Spitzkoppe area. Photographs of the Spitzkoppe Mountains were used as backgrounds for <a href="/facts/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)/yUhFQY8W">2001: A Space Odyssey</a> in the "Dawn of Man" sequences.

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Spitzkoppe