Lüderitz is a harbour town in southwest Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa, and developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island. The town was founded in 1883, when Angra Pequena and some of the surrounding land was purchased on behalf of Adolf Lüderitz, a Hanseat from Bremen in Germany, from a local Nama chief. When Lüderitz didn't return from an expedition to the Orange River in 1886, Angra Pequena was named Lüderitzbucht in his honour. The harbour has a very shallow rock bottom, making it unusable for modern ships.
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