Otjikoto Lake

The Otjikotosee is a karst lake in northern Namibia, near the mining town of Tsumeb. He is one of only two permanently filled with water lakes Namibia and Zwillingssee of 15 km away Guinassee. However, the presumption that he is connected to it by one to still unexplored caves underground water system, has so far not been established.

The Otjikotosee was discovered in 1851 by Charles John Andersson and Francis Galton and has a size of approximately 100 x 150 meters. Otjikoto means deep hole in the Herero language; in fact, the lake is an approximately 76 meter deep water-filled sinkhole, where he is said to have a largely unexplored underground duct system connection, which should extend to various waterholes in Etosha National Park.

During the First World War, the German colonial army weapons and ammunition buried in the lake, so as not to let the opponents. The Otjikotosee is since 1955 a National Monument in Namibia.

Recording before 1910

Military heritage of the German colonial era on Otjikoto Lake