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protected_area
Close ✕Etosha National Park
A Namibian national park of about 22,270 km2 around the Etosha salt pan.
-18.9, 16.3 · regional · 1907 (Game Reserve No. 2) – present; present boundaries from 1970
On the world
- A place in: Safari Across Africa · 12 places
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Connections
- is extends protection beyond of Community conservancy (CBNRM model) — Namibia's communal conservancies, 86 of them covering about 166,184 km2 by 2023, hold wildlife on communal land outside the state park estate, extending habitat beyond Etosha's post-1970 boundary.
- boundary determined by policy Fortress conservation — Etosha's proclamation in 1907 and its 1970 reduction under the Odendaal Commission show park boundaries being set and reset by colonial and apartheid territorial policy rather than ecological criteria.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates