Pomona Diamond Mine
Namibia /
Karas /
Luderitz /
World
/ Namibia
/ Karas
/ Luderitz
ruins, abandoned / shut down, mine, ghost town
Pomona is a ghost town in southern Namibia south of Lüderitz on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. 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 of the diamond rush in German South-West Africa, diamonds in the Pomona area were so plentiful that they could be picked up from the ground with bare hands. Pomona boasted the richest diamond mine of its time, generating over 1,000,000 carats (200 kg) between 1912 and 1914.
Around 1910, at the time of the diamond rush in German South-West Africa, diamonds in the Pomona area were so plentiful that they could be picked up from the ground with bare hands. Pomona boasted the richest diamond mine of its time, generating over 1,000,000 carats (200 kg) between 1912 and 1914.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomona,_Namibia
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Coordinates: 27°11'16"S 15°18'43"E
- mine site 53 km
- Kolmanskop Ghost Town 55 km
- Kolmannskop 55 km
- Mittag 152 km
- Lorelei 183 km
- Abandoned and overgrown airfield 958 km
- Old Railbed 1149 km
- Old (defunct) Durban International Airport 1557 km
- Abandoned runway 17/35 2160 km
- Abandoned runway 13/31 2821 km
- Chamais Bay 87 km
- Scorpion Mine 145 km
- Mining Area 1 156 km
- Mittag 157 km
- Die Rooiduine 163 km
- Daberas dunes 178 km
- Gomtsawibberg 180 km
- Sendelingsdrif Mine 187 km
- Daberas Mine 188 km
- Mine 203 km