Shipwrecks of the Skeleton Coast

Shipwrecks of the Skeleton Coast

Namibia’s Skeleton Coast is notorious for its rough seas, rocky reefs, sandbanks and treacherous fog. Countless ships have been wrecked along this perilous coastline over the last century. Many of them remain unknown, their flotsam and jetsam adding to the bones of whales and seals strewn along the beaches that have given this coast its unforgiving name, Skeleton Coast. Rough seas and salty air quickly corrode and break down any wreckage, leavin…