Shark Island, Namibia
Shark Island is a small peninsula adjacent to the coastal city of Lüderitz in Namibia. Its area is about. 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.
The island was site of Shark Island concentration camp. It was Namibia's first large-scale concentration camp. Close to 1,800 Nama prisoners arrived in September 1906, including Cornelius Frederiks, one of the strongest Nama military leaders.
