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Skeleton Coast

"The Land God Made in Anger"


Overview - Skeleton Coast


Skeleton Coast

Skeleton Coast

Located on the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia, the Skeleton Coast is quite infamous for dense fogs, mighty storms, and violent surf. These caused many ships in the past to run aground along the Skeleton Coast, and the desolate coastline has become familiar as the world’s biggest ship graveyard.

Those who were shipwrecked and managed to swim through the heavy surf and reach the coast were not still safe. They had to face the waterless, hostile coastal desert. Dominated by high sand dunes, the coast north of Terrace Bay is the most attractive stretch of the Skeleton Coast.