Structural investigations in the Northern Zone of the Damara Orogen, south of the Kamanjab Inlier, lead to the conclusion that older N-S trending folds were overprinted by SSE-NNW shortening. The area subjected to this early Damara deformation - possibly older than 600 Ma - is called the Ugab Structural Domain. The younger overprint is related to the main phase of deformation of the NE-SW trending intracontinental branch of the Damara Orogen.