African coast
Saharan nation's edge
The African coast is the shoreline of the African continent, stretching roughly 30,000 kilometers along the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and Indian Ocean.
The phrase typically appears in geographical, historical, or nautical contexts: Ships sailed along the African coast, pirates off the African coast.
Historically associated with the slave trade, colonial exploration, and maritime routes to Asia.
- Atlantic OceanSecond-largest marine body
- mangrovesSalt-water coastal trees
- CarthagePhoenician colony that challenged Rome
- fishing industryCommercial marine harvest sector
- fishing villagesCoastal communities centered on catch
offshore drilling · Indian Ocean · monsoon winds · Zanzibar · Mediterranean Sea · colonial ports · Red Sea · Cape of Good Hope · sandy shores · coral reefs · flamingos · oil exploration · spice trade · sea turtles · slave ships · shipping lanes · dugongs · port cities
- Atlantic HistoryAtlantic crossing, transatlantic trade, transatlantic crossing, Columbus, triangle trade
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- cruise destinationsCaribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska, Bahamas, Baltic Sea
- colonial AfricaBelgian Congo, Ghana, Freetown, Lagos, Accra
- South AtlanticFalklands, Falkland Islands, Saint Helena, South Georgia, St. Helena
- nautical chartsnautical chart, nautical charts, sea chart, marine charts, sea charts
African coastSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
Congo Basin · African savanna · Serengeti · African bush · Great Rift Valley
African, Africa, Africans, Africanization, coast, coasts, coastal, coasted, coasting