Elizabeth Bay is a mining town on the southern coast of Namibia, 25 km (16 mi) south of Lüderitz.

[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 2.5 million carats of diamonds.

The mine was officially opened by Sam Nujoma on 2 August 1991[1] and stopped being operational around 1998.

[6] Elizabeth Bay is home to forty percent of the world's Cape fur seals.