Shark Island, Namibia

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Shark Island ({{langx|de|Haifischinsel}}) is a small peninsula adjacent to the coastal city of Lüderitz in Namibia. Its area is about {{convert|40|ha|lk=in|abbr=off}}. Formerly an island, it became a peninsula from 1906 on by the creation of a wide land connection that doubled its former size.

It had been formerly named Star Island by British Captain Alexander during his 1795 surveying expedition.{{Cite book|title=Place Names of Namibia A Historical Dictionary|last=Cassidy|first=Joseph|publisher=Macmillan Education Namibia Publishers (Pty) Ltd|year=2009|isbn=978-99916-0-654-5|location=Windhoek|pages=102}}