Hoba meteorite

Otjozondjupa Region · Namibia

Hoba meteorite, Namibia
Photo: Eugen Zibiso, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
Year-round; combine with travel between Windhoek and Etosha
Budget
$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

The largest known intact meteorite on Earth, a roughly 60-tonne slab of iron and nickel that landed some 80,000 years ago and still lies where it fell. A small visitor site lets you walk right up to and stand on the rock, an easy detour on the road north toward Etosha.

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