Africa Has a Coast Almost Nobody Can Enter

Along the southwest coast of Africa, there are thousands of kilometers of shoreline with almost no cities, no real roads and no ports. And inside that emptiness, there is a strip of coast more than 300 kilometers long that has been closed to almost everyone for over a hundred years. Why does Africa have a coast almost nobody can enter? In this video we count down 25 facts that explain it: the freezing Benguela Current that takes away the rain, the fog that feeds the world's oldest desert, the Skeleton Coast and its shipwrecks, a ship that ended up buried inside the dunes, and the diamond discovery in 1908 that locked the door for good. Along the way we visit Namibia, Walvis Bay, Swakopmund, Lüderitz, Kolmanskop and Oranjemund. Fact 1 is the forbidden zone itself, and the reason it is still closed today has two layers. Stay until the end. If you enjoy this kind of geography deep dive, subscribe to GeoCurious for new videos every week, and tell us in the comments: would you have the courage to visit the Skeleton Coast? #Namibia #SkeletonCoast #Geography Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes. Figures, dates and historical details are based on publicly available sources and may be approximate.