TheGunung volcanoberapi liesini withinterletak thedi [[Sahara]], indi the easterntimur [[Fezzan]] anddan wasditemukan discoveredbeberapa adekade fewsebelum decades beforetahun 1951.{{sfn|Richter|1951|p=16}} TheRute [[caravan (travellers)kafilah|caravankaravan]] route betweenantara [[Kufra]] anddan [[Sabha, Libya|Sabha]] passesmelewati bygunung theberapi volcanoini.<ref name="Bernacsek1992" /> Ancient [[grave]]s have been found at Waw an Namus.{{sfn|Knctsch|1950|p=49}} While the oasis was probably visited by herders and hunters<ref name="Posnansky1976" /> and may have been the source of raw materials,<ref name="Castelli2005" /> the place is otherwise uninhabited.<ref name="Bernacsek1992" />{{sfn|Knctsch|1950|p=50}} The landscape around Waw an Namus has been described as "very beautiful".{{sfn|Klitzsch|1968|p=587}}
