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Skeleton Coast National Park

National Park

Skeleton Coast National Park is a national park in northwest Namibia with some of the most inaccessible shores in the world, dotted with shipwrecks. It was established in 1971 and covers 16,845 square kilometers, divided into a southern section open to visitors with four wheel drive vehicles as far north as the Ugab River gate, and a northern section reachable only by fly in safari and closed to all vehicles.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1971 1
Area (sq km)
16,845 2
IUCN Category
II 1
Sources
1. Skeleton Coast National Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata item Q3695317
    P31 national park, P17 Namibia, matched by enwiki sitelink title
  • Part Of: Namibia, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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2. Skeleton Coast National Park (Wikipedia)
Infobox, area (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)View the Source
Wikidata: Skeleton Coast National Park
Wikidata Q3695317, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Namibia
On Continent: Africa, Wikidata item for Namibia, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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