Because it is near the road the dune is often photographed, particularly early and late in the day when one side of the dune is in shadow. It is often climbed by visitors to Sossusvlei.
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^"die höchsten Dünen der Welt in Namibia". Sossusvlei (in German). 23 May 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
dune, star, dune, sossusvlei, area, namib, desert, namibia, name, comes, from, fact, that, 45th, kilometre, road, that, connects, sesriem, gate, sossusvlei, standing, over, composed, million, year, sand, that, detritus, accumulated, orange, river, from, kalaha. Dune 45 is a star dune in the Sossusvlei area of the Namib Desert in Namibia Its name comes from the fact that it is at the 45th kilometre of the road that connects the Sesriem gate and Sossusvlei Standing over 170 m 1 it is composed of 5 million year old sand that is detritus accumulated by the Orange River from the Kalahari Desert and then blown here need quotation to verify View of Dune 45 Dune 45 sunset view Because it is near the road the dune is often photographed particularly early and late in the day when one side of the dune is in shadow It is often climbed by visitors to Sossusvlei References edit die hochsten Dunen der Welt in Namibia Sossusvlei in German 23 May 2012 Retrieved 19 September 2023 Namibia Tourism Board Southern Region Dune 45 on sossusvlei com More information and photos of Dune 45 24 43 S 15 28 E 24 717 S 15 467 E 24 717 15 467 nbsp This Namibia location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dune 45 amp oldid 1205159680, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
