The
Serra da Chela is a mountain range in south-central
Angola. The mountains, rising to 2,306 meters, are among the highest in the country. It is part of the
Great Escarpment, separating the Huíla Plateau of the interior from the low-lying coastal
Namib Desert. The scarp face is precipitous, several thousand feet high. To its west there are some
inselbergs, remnants of the plateau from a time when it was more extensive. In many places impassable, the escarpment may be accessed by the road running east from Capangombe to
Humpata on the plateau.