Elizabeth Bay is a mining town in southern Namibia. It was formerly considered a ghost town. Elizabeth Bay in on the coast of Namibia, 25 km south of Lüderitz. Diamonds were first discovered in the region around 1908;[2] however, it wasn't until 1989 that the government of Namibia spent $53 million on the exploration and creation of a new diamond mine on the site.[3] The mine had a projected life-span of ten years and was expected to produce million cts of diamonds. The mine was officially o

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Location: Lüderitz. Namibia., Namibia
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Keywords: diamond mining, diamonds, elizabeth bay, ghost town, mining, namib desert, namib-naukluft park, restricted area, üderitz, namibia