Hakos Mountains

The Hakos Mountains stand on the great escarpment of central Namibia, between the high interior and the dry Namib lowlands. Among their heights is the flat-topped Gamsberg, whose hard quartzite summit rises above deeply cut valleys. The surrounding ridges expose folded and faulted rocks formed through an ancient history of pressure and uplift. To the west the land descends towards the desert, while the plateau stretches inland to the east.