Skeleton Coast
LocationNamibia
Area16,000 km2
ContinentAfrica
TypeCoastal
About Skeleton Coast
Named for the whale bones and shipwrecks along the shore. The Benguela Current creates dense fog. Over 1,000 ships have wrecked here. Hyenas and lions once patrolled the beaches eating seal carcasses.
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