Locality
15°10´8" east longitude, 24°40´35" south latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Waste site nearby Lüderitz, southern Namib desert, Namibia, Afrika

Historical relevance of location
This soil sample was collected at a waste dump. Rubbish, delivered from households, hotels, fishing industry and port, is incinerated here under open sky. The residues of waste incineration mix with the desert sand.

Classification of the earth

Structure	sand
Colour	black
Age	Recent
other	Sample from a waste site

Donor

Dr. Klaus Knödel,
 Gerhard Lange,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Hannover,
 Germany