Formerly Ellisras, it is a low lying area North-East of Kiesel. Afrikaans for 'hook-bush pan', the name refers to the many thorny bushes found there, with recurved thorns!
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Haakbospan
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- Coordinates
- -22.0500, 27.2200
- Updated
- 18 Apr 2019
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Haakbospan
How we know this
- 01 https://travelingluck.com/Africa/Namibia/Omaheke/_3357001_Haakbospan.html Haakbospan is a pan in Omaheke, Namibia, Africa.
Last updated · 18 Apr 2019
South African History Online. (2017, November 22). Haakbospan. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124464
South African History Online (2017) 'Haakbospan', South African History Online, 22 November. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124464 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Haakbospan [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124464, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Haakbospan." South African History Online, 22 Nov. 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124464. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Haakbospan." South African History Online. November 22, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0124464.
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