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Bird Island (Namibia)

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Bird Island (Namibia)

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Bird Island is a man-made platform off the coast of Namibia between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. It serves as a breeding ground for birds (primarily Cape cormorants) and yields guano, which is collected and sold, as a highly effective fertilizer.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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