Omatako Mountains
{{Short description|Twin mountains in Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia}}
The Omatako Mountains ({{langx|de|Omatakoberge}}) are two mountains in central Namibia{{'s}} Otjozondjupa Region, located some {{Convert|90|km|abbr=on}} north of Okahandja.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ye9OAQAAIAAJ&q=Omatako+mountains&dq=Omatako+mountains|title=The roadside geology of Namibia|last=Schneider|first=Gabi|date=2004|publisher=Gebr. Borntraeger|isbn=9783443150808|pages=217|language=en}} Their name in the Herero language literally means "buttocks".{{Cite book|url=https://vdoc.pub/documents/this-is-namibia-4gomdiumeb50 | title=This is Namibia | last1=Cubitt | first1=Gerald | last2=Joyce | first2=Peter | date=1999 | publisher=Struik | isbn=9781859742815 | page=16 | language=en }} Omatako Constituency, where the mountains are situated, derives its name from them.
The northwesterly of the two peaks, the Great Omatako ({{Langx|de|Omatako-Spitze|link=no}}), is {{Convert|2300|m|abbr=on}} in height, considerably higher than the other peak. The first European to record the locality was C. J. Andersson in 1851.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NU_jAAAAMAAJ&dq=Omatako+Mountains+metres&q=Omatako-Spitze|title=Standard encyclopaedia of Southern Africa|date=1973|publisher=NASOU|isbn=9780625003242|pages=329|language=en}}
Geology
The uppermost {{Convert|300|m|abbr=on}} of each Omatako mountain is made of basalt and dolerite respectively; the darker, more spherical southeastern summit is made of dolerite, while the smooth slopes of the higher northwestern summit are made of basalt.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXJPAQAAIAAJ&q=Omatako+mountains&dq=Omatako+mountains|title=Namibia--fascination of Geology: A Travel Handbook|date=2000|publisher=Klaus Hess Publishers|isbn=9783933117137|pages=34|language=en}}
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