A unique combination of wind, air and sand cause a roaring sound that has been compared to that of a low flying plane.
Its location on the coast of Namibia in the west sea. The reason was simple, the South African government wanted to proclaim the Skeleton Coast a protected area again; the new status was announced in 1971, the work done by the young lawyer Louw Schoeman was fundamental. The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast. Welcome to Skeleton Coast This treacherous coast – a foggy region with rocky and sandy coastal shallows, rusting shipwrecks and soaring dunes – has long been a graveyard for unwary ships and their crews, hence its forbidding name. The Skeleton Coast is also one of the only places in the world where one can experience the ‘roaring dunes’.
The haze around Skeleton Coast has destroyed many ships, and you will find numerous remains of shipwrecks on this beach and in the sea. And of course one can never forget the remnants of the Diamond Mining town, Kolmanskop. Ill-Fated Shipwrecks. Skeleton Coast is a 500 km long coastline with desert, swamps and rivers as if separating them with the outside world. The shadows are lengthening across the sand gullies.
Directly adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean.
The Skeleton Coast is patterned with the bones of ships that have fallen foul of … The Namib Desert and Skeleton coast | Drive South Africa The wind keens mournfully through the low thorn trees on the edge of the vlei and whips sand off the ridges of the surrounding red sand dunes. Skeleton Coast called the most dangerous regions in Africa and tough touched by humans.