Skeleton Coast: The No-Go Zone at the Edge of the World That God Made in Anger
This is not a place where you should be!
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Where rough seas and rough deserts meet. Photo: Didrik Johnck
Many sailors have met their fate on the 976 mile-long coast that stretches between the Kunene River and Swakop River in Namibia. This treacherous terrain was known by the Local Bushmen tribes as “The Land God Made in Anger”, and Portuguese explorers dubbed the coast as “The Gates of Hell”, when they first discovered it during the 15th century.
The name ‘Skeleton Coast’ derives from the skeletal remains of whales, seals, and rusting shipwrecks that are scattered all along the coastline.
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Where rough seas and rough deserts meet. Photo: Didrik Johnck
Many sailors have met their fate on the 976 mile-long coast that stretches between the Kunene River and Swakop River in Namibia. This treacherous terrain was known by the Local Bushmen tribes as “The Land God Made in Anger”, and Portuguese explorers dubbed the coast as “The Gates of Hell”, when they first discovered it during the 15th century.
The name ‘Skeleton Coast’ derives from the skeletal remains of whales, seals, and rusting shipwrecks that are scattered all along the coastline.
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16 August 2023
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