What nickname is applied to the Western coast of Namibia, home to many shipwrecks?
Skeleton Coast of the Skeleton Coast. Much of Season 1, Episode 7 of Amazon's "The Grand Tour" was filmed here. The first episode of "Wonders of the Universe" featured the Skeleton Coast, and the shipwrecks there were utilised as part of an analogy by Brian Cox to demonstrate the effects of time. Drummer Billy Cobham has written an album inspired by his visit to the area, called "Tales from the Skeleton Coast". Skeleton Coast The Skeleton Coast is the northern part of the Atlantic coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swakop River, although the
Shipwrecks of Western Australia Shipwrecks of Western Australia Over 1400 ships have been wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This relatively large number of shipwrecks is due to a number of factors, including: Most listings of the wrecks of Western Australia present them chronologically or group them into regions, areas or adjacent capes and coastal features, so as to divide the large number into manageable collections, thematic or regional studies. These groupings and individual data on each site can be seen in electronic databases and in a number of 'hard copy' works produced by a number of authors (e.g. the Australian Shipwrecks series,