The Namib Desert is a esert 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 km², 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.