Kolmanskop

Kolmanskop
Town
An aerial view of Kolmanskop
Kolmanskop Location in Namibia
Coordinates: 26°42′15″S 15°13′57″E / 26.70406°S 15.232365°E / -26.70406; 15.232365
Country	Namibia
Region	ǁKaras Region

Kolmanskop (Afrikaans for "Coleman's peak", German: Kolmannskuppe) is a ghost town in the Namib in southern Namibia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) inland from the port town of Lüderitz. It was named after a transport driver named Johnny Coleman who, during a sand storm, abandoned his ox wagon on a small incline opposite the settlement.^[1] Once a small but very rich mining village, it is now a popular tourist destination run by Namdeb, a joint firm owned by the Namibian government and De Beers.