Skeleton Coast

Summary

Skeleton Coast is a coast^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of coast entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Skeleton Coast is in the country of Namibia^[3].
• Skeleton Coast is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[4].
• Skeleton Coast's image is recorded as Namibie Skeleton Coast 01.JPG^[5].
• Skeleton Coast's instance of is recorded as coast^[6].
• Skeleton Coast's shares border with is recorded as Kaokoland^[7].
• skeleton is named after Skeleton Coast^[8].
• Skeleton Coast's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 239663318^[9].
• Skeleton Coast's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh86004461^[10].
• Skeleton Coast's IdRef ID is recorded as 028995651^[11].
• Skeleton Coast's Commons category is recorded as Skeleton Coast^[12].
• Skeleton Coast's has part is recorded as Cape Cross^[13].
• Skeleton Coast's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -21.612222222222, 'lon': 14.54}^[14].
• Skeleton Coast's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -19, 'lon': 12.66667}^[15].
• Skeleton Coast's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03djhk^[16].
• Skeleton Coast's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Skeleton-Coast^[17].
• Skeleton Coast's GeoNames ID is recorded as 3353077^[18].
• Skeleton Coast's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Skeleton Coast'}^[19].
• Skeleton Coast's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+159'}^[20].
• Skeleton Coast's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2586506^[21].
• Skeleton Coast's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007558678705171^[22].
• Skeleton Coast's Yale LUX ID is recorded as place/59d65661-d4fa-4b65-bc00-3e60cc229b39^[23].

Body

Geography

Skeleton Coast is in the country of Namibia^[3]. It is on the body of water Atlantic Ocean^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Skeleton Coast's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+159'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Skeleton Coast's instance of is recorded as coast^[6].

History and Context

skeleton is named after Skeleton Coast^[8].

Why It Matters

Skeleton Coast ranks in the top 9% of coast entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[25]