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    15.090°E / -26.675; 15.090 The Tsau ǁKhaeb (Sperrgebiet) National Park, formerly known as Sperrgebiet (German, meaning "Prohibited Area"; also known...
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    (2008). "Creodonta and Carnivora from the Early Miocene of the Northern Sperrgebiet, Namibia". Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 20: 291–310. Cronk...
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    Roter Kamm (German: Red Ridge) is a meteorite crater, located in the Sperrgebiet, within the Namibian section of the Namib Desert, approximately 80 kilometres...
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    the Oder: The Decisive Battle for Berlin, p. 20. Kaiser (2007). Vom Sperrgebiet zur Waldstadt: die Geschichte der geheimen Kommandozentralen in Wünsdorf...
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    German Imperial government claimed sole mining rights by creating the Sperrgebiet ("forbidden zone"), effectively criminalizing new settlement. The small...
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  • It is about 15 km south of Elizabeth Bay, Namibia, in an area called Sperrgebiet, a diamond mining zone with restricted access. Around 1910, at the time...
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    along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean was proclaimed restricted (the Sperrgebiet) in 1908 due to the occurrence of alluvial diamonds. Since then, the...
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    settled, and soon after the German Empire declared a large area as a "Sperrgebiet", starting to exploit the diamond field. Driven by the enormous wealth...
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    (2015). "Late Eocene Potamogalidae and Tenrecidae (Mammalia) from the Sperrgebiet, Namibia" (PDF). Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia....
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    set aside for conservation. A vast portion of the desert, called the Sperrgebiet, was access-restricted due to the presence of diamonds, which are mined...
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