Overall this is a playable course, and one that offers very fair challenge, but with little sense of its environment. 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.
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Since the book was first published in 1944, it has become so well known that the coast is now generally referred to as Skeleton Coast and is given that as its official name on most maps today. On the coast, the upwelling of the cold Benguela current gives rise to dense ocean fogs (called cassimbo by the Angolans) for much of the year.
The Skeleton Coast, part of the Namib Desert, is named for the whale bones and the hundreds of broken ships that litter its beaches. Many a sailor lost his life after being run aground in the Skeleton Coast's thick fog. Those who made it to land often succumbed to starvation and exposure in the coast's harsh climate.
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Cape Cross marks the point where Portuguese explorer Diego Cao landed on the Namibian coast and raised a giant cross in the 1600s. Today, it houses hundreds of thousands of Cape Fur Seals that breed along its rocky shores.
It was their sun-bleached skeletons and the remains of their ships that gave the coastline its name of Skeleton Coast, especially when the frequent whale and seal bones found along the coast when the whaling industry was active were added in.
On the coast, the upwelling of the cold Benguela current gives rise to dense ocean fogs (called cassimbo by the Angolans) for much of the year. The winds blow from land to sea, rainfall rarely exceeds 10 millimetres (0.39 in) annually and the climate is highly inhospitable.
There were diamonds everywhere, many of them on the surface, allowing prospectors to simply crawl about on their bellies to find them. Over millions of years, the gems were flushed into the Atlantic from the Orange River in Namibia's south.
What is this? The northern part of the Skeleton Coast from Mowe Bay to the Angolan border is off-limits to tourists unless on organised and approved Skeleton Coast tours. The southern part of the coast with entrance gates at Ugab Mouth and Springbokwasser require permits to enter.
The Skeleton Coast's rough seas, roaring winds and strong ocean currents are primarily responsible for many of these beached ships' fate. Many of the wrecks on the harsh coastline have been completely destroyed by the sun, sea, and wind but a few are still visible.
Due to the fog-belt which is often present, the temperatures at the coast vary considerably from 6-36°C (42-97°F), but never drops below freezing point. Even in summer, cool rather that hot temperatures are to be expected, so appropriate clothing is necessary.
Many locals say the only way to truly discover the Skeleton Coast is by undertaking a mobile tented safari and driving the shoreline from Swakopmund to Torra Bay or Terrace Bay and then onwards to the Kunene River, which marks the boundary between Namibia and Angola.