Lüderitz is a harbour town in southern Namibia, lying on one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. Its port developed around Robert Harbour and Shark Island.
The town is known for its colonial architecture, including some Art Nouveau work, and for wildlife including seals, penguins, flamingos and ostriches. It is also home to a museum, and formerly lay at the end of a railway line to Keetmanshoop.
Just outside of Lüderitz lies the ghost town of Kolmanskop. This previously bustling diamond town is now abandoned, and fights a constant struggle against being buried under the shifting sand dunes of the Namib desert.