Landscapes & nature
Spitzkoppe
mountain in Namibia
Namibia · -21.8256, 15.1951
Spitzkoppe is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“The still photographs used as backgrounds for the Dawn of Man sequence were taken at the Spitzkoppe mountains in what was then South West Africa.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Spitzkoppe as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968
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Monster Hunter
2020
“Some scenes were shot in Namibia, like Spitzkoppe and Sesriem canyon.” Wikipedia
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Spitzkoppe?
2 productions are recorded as filmed at Spitzkoppe, including 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Monster Hunter (2020). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed at Spitzkoppe?
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), covered by 90 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Spitzkoppe?
Spitzkoppe is in Namibia. Its coordinates are -21.8256, 15.1951.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Ikiwaner, GFDL 1.2.