Bird Island, Artificial island near Walvis Bay, Namibia.
The wooden platform rises three meters above sea level and extends across 17,000 square meters of ocean surface between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund.
German immigrant Adolf Winter initiated the construction in 1930 with a four-square-meter platform, gradually expanding it until reaching its current size in 1937.
The platform serves as a primary nesting site for Cape cormorants, generating substantial quantities of guano for agricultural purposes.
Annual collection yields approximately 650 tons of high-nitrogen guano, which undergoes cleaning in Swakopmund before export to Belgium and the United States.
The structure originated from Winter's observation of a guano-covered formation called Bird Rock, which inspired him to create an artificial nesting platform.
GPS coordinates: -22.87860,14.53570
Latest update: March 5, 2025 08:52
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