23/09/2013

Algeria - Tassili n'Ajjer


Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings record the climatic changes, the animal migrations and the evolution of human life on the edge of the Sahara from 6000 BC to the first centuries of the present era. The geological formations are of outstanding scenic interest, with eroded sandstones forming ‘forests of rock’.

Date of Inscription: 1982
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/179

Tassili n'Ajjer
DZ-4197


Tassili n'Ajjer
private swap with razmi

22/09/2013

Korea, Republic of - Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes together comprise three sites that make up 18,846 ha. It includes Geomunoreum, regarded as the finest lava tube system of caves anywhere, with its multicoloured carbonate roofs and floors, and dark-coloured lava walls; the fortress-like Seongsan Ilchulbong tuff cone, rising out of the ocean, a dramatic landscape; and Mount Halla, the highest in Korea, with its waterfalls, multi-shaped rock formations, and lake-filled crater. The site, of outstanding aesthetic beauty, also bears testimony to the history of the planet, its features and processes.

Date of Inscription: 2007
further informationshttp://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1264



Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
Unescoswap - lemontree


Czech Republic - Holašovice Historical Village Reservation

Holašovice is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a traditional central European village. It has a large number of outstanding 18th- and 19th-century vernacular buildings in a style known as 'South Bohemian folk Baroque', and preserves a ground plan dating from the Middle Ages.

Date of Inscription: 1990
further Informations: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/861

Holašovice Historical Village Reservation
SeptemberRR - rady


New Zealand - Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand

The landscape in this park, situated in south-west New Zealand, has been shaped by successive glaciations into fjords, rocky coasts, towering cliffs, lakes and waterfalls. Two-thirds of the park is covered with southern beech and podocarps, some of which are over 800 years old. The kea, the only alpine parrot in the world, lives in the park, as does the rare and endangered takahe, a large flightless bird. 

Date of Inscription: 1990


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Received from ch3rryb3rry



Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
MarchRR - jennifierb

Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
RAS from Heather