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	dinosaur footprint in stone Kalkfeld Otjiwarongo Namibia SMO.jpg (Natural Science) SMO says: Roughly 20:40:12S, 16:10:11E! This is all the info I have: This site is located on the Otjihaenamaparero farm 30km from Kalkfeld, Otjiwarongo, Namibia. The existing well visible prints are of a two-legged three-toed dinosaur. Approximate age of the prints is 160 million years. The prints were left in the red Etjio sandstone at the time it was a soft clay. The prints can be traced for about 30 metres. The site was declared a national monument in 1951. Hope you've got a good map! If not this may help: http://www.multimap.com/wi/84086.htm
	Namibia Grootfontein vicinity Hoba meteorite at 50 tons the biggest known in the world SMO.jpg (Earth Views) The largest meteorite ever found is to be found in the grounds of the ``Hoba'' farm close to Grootfontein. It weighs more than 50 tons, has a volume of 9 cubic metres and hit the ground about 80,000 years ago. The estimated age of meteorite is between 200 and 400 million years. Visitors (vandals) break off bits as souvenirs, so it's gradually shrinking.

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dinosaur footprint in stone Kalkfeld Otjiwarongo Namibia SMO.jpg (Natural Science)

SMO says:

Roughly 20:40:12S, 16:10:11E!

This is all the info I have:

This site is located on the Otjihaenamaparero farm 30km from Kalkfeld, Otjiwarongo, Namibia. The existing well visible prints are of a two-legged three-toed dinosaur. Approximate age of the prints is 160 million years. The prints were left in the red Etjio sandstone at the time it was a soft clay. The prints can be traced for about 30 metres. The site was declared a national monument in 1951.

Hope you've got a good map! If not this may help: http://www.multimap.com/wi/84086.htm

Namibia Grootfontein vicinity Hoba meteorite at 50 tons the biggest known in the world SMO.jpg (Earth Views)

The largest meteorite ever found is to be found in the grounds of the ``Hoba'' farm close to Grootfontein. It weighs more than 50 tons, has a volume of 9 cubic metres and hit the ground about 80,000 years ago. The estimated age of meteorite is between 200 and 400 million years. Visitors (vandals) break off bits as souvenirs, so it's gradually shrinking.

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