ROCK OF QATAR
THIS CACHE CONTAINER PREVIOUSLY GC5PM4X Camel Crossing Small HAS BEEN TRANSFERED APPROXIMATELY 11500 Km FROM QATAR DESERT TO DOLPHIN COAST BY SEA FREIGHT VIA SRI LANKA AND ABU DHABI . THE GEOGRAPHIC AND VEGETATION CONTRASTS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES , SOUTH AFRICA AND QATAR ARE VAST. ESPECIALLY IN THE DOLPHIN COAST KZN AREA.
Small container with log sheets only. BYOP.
STATE of QATAR
Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum deposits. Qatar occupies 11,437 km2 (4,416 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.
Varying in width between 55 and 90 km (34 and 56 mi), the land is mainly flat (the highest point is 103 m (338 ft)) and rocky. Notable features include coastal salt pans, elevated limestone formations (the Dukhan anticline) along the west coast under which lies the Dukhan oil field, and massive sand dunes surrounding Khawr al Udayd, an inlet of the Persian Gulf in the southeast known to local English speakers as the Inland Sea.
Kwazulu Natal - DOLPHIN COAST
Stretching for 800kms along the east coast of South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal is divided into eight distinct geographical destinations centred on the capital, Pietermaritzburg, and its largest city, Durban. The three coastal regions and their beaches bordering the Indian Ocean comprise the thin lowland strip of the South Coast dotted with resort towns and stretching towards the Eastern Cape, the North Coast – also known as the Dolphin Coast – between the Umdloti and Tugela Rivers and the more remote Elephant Coast with its internationally important wetland parks.
Inland, the Drakensberg mountain range, rising to 3,482 meters (11,424 ft), form the border with neighbouring Lesotho while the Midlands region around Pietermaritzburg is made of rolling hills and lush grasslands. The Battlefields region in the north is the location of some of the most famous battles in South African history including Rorke’s Drift, Isandlwana and the Battle of Blood River. Finally, Zululand itself is the heart of the historic Zulu Nation founded by King Shaka and culturally and historically still the beating heart of the province.