Skeleton Coast National Park
Introduction Map of protected areas of Namibia; Skeleton Coast National Park in northwest Namibia'''Skeleton Coast National Park''' is a national park located in northwest Namibia, and has the most inaccessible shores, dotted with shipwrecks. The park was established in 1971 and has a size of . The park is divided into a northern and southern section, the southern section is open to those with 4-wheel drive vehicles, they are allowed to go up (north) as far as the Ugab River Gate (where a sign with a skull and crossbones warns you to go no further). The northern section can only be reached by a fly-in safari, and the area is off-limits to all vehicles.The list of tourist attractions in the park includes a shipwreck at the South West Seal viewpoint, Huab lagoon and the collapsed oil drilling rig.Springbok Gate.jpg|Springbok Gate, the eastern entryUgabmund_Gate.jpg|Ugabmund Gate (Ugab River Gate), the southern entryCollapsed_oil_drilling_rig.jpg|Collapsed oil drilling rig
See also * List of national parks of Namibia* Skeleton Coast
Notes This park is to be included in the Iona – Skeleton Coast Transfrontier Conservation Area.
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