Fish River Canyon Park
The Fish River Canyon in Namibia is one of the largest canyons in the world. It is part of the Ai-Ais Richtersveld Transfrontier Park.Photo: Mosmas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fish River Canyon Park
- Type: Canyon with an elevation of 480 metres
- Description: canyon located in the south of Namibia
- Categories: natural heritage and landform
- Location: ǁKaras, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-27.6667° or 27° 40' southLongitude
17.5833° or 17° 35' eastElevation
480 metres (1,575 feet)Open Location Code
5F4V8HMM+88GeoNames ID
3352345Wikidata ID
Q1420196Fish River Canyon Park Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Visrivier-canyon
- Afrikaans: Visrivierafgronde
- Chinese: 菲什干河谷
- Croatian: Fish River kanjon
- Dutch: Fish River Canyon
- Dutch: Visrivier Canyon
- English: Fischfluss Canyon
- English: Fish River Canyon
- English: Visrivier Afgronde
- English: Visrivier Canyon
- Finnish: Fish River Canyon
- French: Canyon de la rivière Fish
- French: Fish River Canyon
- French: canyon de la rivière Fish
- German: Fischfluss-Canyon
- German: Fischflusscanyon
- German: Fish-River-Canyon
- German: Fish River Canyon
- German: Fish River Canyon National Park
- German: Fish River Canyon Park
- Italian: Fish River Canyon
- Japanese: フィッシュリバー・キャニオン
- Japanese: フィッシュ川渓谷
- Lithuanian: Fish River kanjonas
- Lithuanian: Fiš Riverio kanjonas
- Lithuanian: Žuvų upės kanjonas
- Norwegian Bokmål: Fish River Canyon
- Polish: Kanion Fish River
- Portuguese: Desfiladeiro do rio Fish
- Russian: Каньон Фиш-Ривер
- Spanish: Canon del Rio Fish
- Spanish: Canon del Río Fish
- Spanish: Canon del rio Fish
- Spanish: Canon del río Fish
- Spanish: Canón del Rio Fish
- Spanish: Canón del Río Fish
- Spanish: Canón del rio Fish
- Spanish: Canón del río Fish
- Spanish: Cañon del Rio Fish
- Spanish: Cañon del Río Fish
- Spanish: Cañon del rio Fish
- Spanish: Cañon del río Fish
- Spanish: Cañón del Rio Fish
- Spanish: Cañón del Río Fish
- Spanish: Cañón del rio Fish
- Spanish: Cañón del río Fish
- Swedish: Fish River Canyon
- Thai: หุบผาชันแม่น้ำฟิช
- Ukrainian: Фіш-Рівер (каньйон)
- Fish Riverin kanjoni
- Фіш-Рівер
Other Places Named Fish River Canyon Park
Localities in the Area
- Hobas CampHamlet, 14 km east
- ǀAi-ǀAisVillage, 30 km south
- Ai Ais Entrance GateLocality, 30 km south
- KwaggasnekHamlet, 37 km south
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Fish River Canyon Park. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.