Goabeb, in the Namib desert. The Namib Desert is a desert in Namibia and southwest Angola which forms part of the Namib-Naukluft National Park, Africa's second largest. The name "Namib" is of Nama origin. The desert occupies an area of around 50 000 kmē, stretching about 1000 miles (1,600 km) along the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia, which is named after this desert. Its east-west width varies from 30 to 100 miles (50-160 km). The Namib Desert also reaches into southwest Angola. It is one of the 500 distinct physiographic provinces of the South African Platform physiographic division.
