The Skeleton Coast

I herd my professor mention the skeleton coast in class, so i decieded to learn a bit more about it.
The skeleton coast is located on the western side of Africa, on the Namibian coast. It is called the skeleton coast because there have been several ship wrecks and many lives lost there. It is one of the most famous yet feared coastlines in the world. There are unpredictable currents, the coast is made completely of sand and thick fogs which make it a nightmare for ships and sea creatures like whales to pass through there.
The skeleton coast is home for the Benguela current. This current gives the area the thick fog that is present for most of the year. The benguela current is made up of frigid waters and moves from the southern ocean from areas like Antarctica and flows north-ward along the African coast. This current is partially responsible for the desert conditions of the Namibia shoreline. There is rich productivity along the Cape of Good Hope, but harsh storms and turbulence above it.
The winds along the shoreline of Namibia blow from inland out to the sea and this makes it so that little or no rain falls. The climate there is inhospitable for humans and most species. The coast has been named for all the shipwrecks that have occurred due to thick, impassable foggy conditions and the rocks.
Even though there is little rain, there has been an area of about 16,000km² declared as the Skeleton Coast National Park. The northern half of the park is dedicated to wildlife. The remainder of the coast is the National West Coast Recreation Area.
The area is also very productive in terms of diamond mining. In the early-mid 1900's, the land there was so abundant in diamonds, they could be found within the sand. Now the diamonds on-land have been depleted of diamonds, it has been moved to an offshore industry. Big companies are out off the coast mining the sea floor for diamonds.

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~http://www.africatravelresource.com/africa/namibia/00/N32-skeleton/00.htm
~http://www.namibian.org/travel/namibia/skeleton.htm
~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton_Coast