Iona – Skeleton Coast Transfrontier Conservation Area
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The Iona–Skeleton Coast Transfrontier Conservation Area is a proposed transfrontier conservation area for which four areas are being considered as components. Two in Angola are the: *
Iona National Park Iona National Park (Portuguese: ) is the largest national park in Angola. It is situated in the Southwestern corner of the country, in Namibe Province. It is roughly bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the West, an escarpment to the East that mark ...
, and the * Namibe Partial Reserve. The Namibian components will be the: *
Skeleton Coast National Park Skeleton Coast National Park is a national park located in northwest Namibia, and has the most inaccessible shores, dotted with shipwrecks. The park was established in 1971 and has a size of .Shollenbarger, MariaMars on Earth: Traveling Namibia's ...
that shares a common boundary with
Iona National Park Iona National Park (Portuguese: ) is the largest national park in Angola. It is situated in the Southwestern corner of the country, in Namibe Province. It is roughly bound by the Atlantic Ocean to the West, an escarpment to the East that mark ...
along the
Cunene River The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling) is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands south to the border with Namibia. It then flows west along the border until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It ...
, and a proposed contractual conservation area involving local communities in the Kunene and Erongo Regions. This area is provisionally known as the * North West People’s Conservation Area (Also known as NWPCA).


See also

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List of national parks of Namibia This is a list of national parks in Namibia, operated by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. National parks * ǀAi-ǀAis Hot Springs Game Park * Bwabwata National Park * Dorob National Park *Etosha National Park * Khaudum National Par ...
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