Otjozondjii

Otjozondjii lies at the mouth of the Swakop River, where the desert meets the Atlantic coast. The name recalls the shells found along the shore. Inland the Swakop is a river of the dry country, flowing towards the sea through the Namib. In the early nineteenth century, ǂAonin or Topnaar Nama communities lived around its mouth before some moved south towards Walvis Bay and the Kuiseb. The ocean and the river offered resources along an otherwise arid shore.

The later city of Swakopmund lies here.