Significant ancient sites. By Shanaya & Taylah.

Ayres Rock. Name:Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park. Country state: Australia Northern Territory. Year designated:1987 Elevation:863m Prominence:348m Coordinates: 25* 20'42's 131* 02'10'E. Ayres rock is a very huge sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, Central Australia. It is located 335km south west of the nearest town 'Alice Springs' 450km by road. Kata Tjuta and Uluru are the two major features of the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.

Great Barrier Reef. Site: Great Barrier Reef. Location: Queensland,Australia. Year designated:1981. Category: Natural. The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching over 2,600 kilometres The Great Barrier Reef is found in the Coral sea of the coast of Queensland in North-East Australia.

Natural phenomena or beauty vii. to contain superlative natural areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. Significant ecological and biological processes ix. to be outstanding examples representing significant on-going life and environment processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. Major stages of Earth's history viii. to be outstanding examples representing major stages of Earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of land slide, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features Significant natural habitat for biodiversity x. to contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science.

Designed in 1987 Location is in China Category is cultural The great wall of China is made of stone, brick, tamed Earth, wood and more materials generally built along an East to West line across the historical Northern boarders of China. It was made to protect the Chinese Empire States against intrusions by various warlike people forces. The Earth works begun in the 5 th century B.C. Great wall of China.

Human creative genius i. to represent a masterpiece of human creativity. Interchange of values ii. to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a period of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. Testimony to cultural tradition iii. to bear a unique or at least exceptional to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. Significance in human history iv. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates significant stages in the human history. Heritage associated with events of universal significance vi. to be directly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.

Victoria Falls. Site:Mosi-oa-Tunya(vitoria falls) Location: Zambia and Zimbabwe. Year designated:1989 Reason: This waterfall is amoung the most impressive to be found anywhere in the world. Total height: 355 feet. Water course: Zambezi River. The Victoria falls is a waterfall found in the southern Africia on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Zambezi is more than 1.25miles wide and 345 feet.

Natural phenomena or beauty vii. to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty. Major stages of Earth's history viii. to be outstanding examples representing major stages of Earth's history, including the record of life.

Easter Island. Site: Easter Island. Location: Capital Hanga Roa Chile. Year designated: Easter island is in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean. A special Chile that was shared in 1888, Easter island is famous for 887 extant monumental statues, the statues are maoi created by Rapanui people. The name ‘ Easter Island’ was given by the first recorded European visitor, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who created it as Easter Sunday 1722.

Human creative genius to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. Testimony to cultural tradition to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. Traditional human settlement to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land or sea use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change.

Angkor. Location: Cambodia designated: 1992 Angkor is a region ‘Cambodia’ that’s served of the seat of ‘khemer empire’. The word Angkor dervived from Sanskrit Nagara meaning city. The ruins of Angkor are found in amid forests and farm land to the north of the great lake in south of kulen hills. In 2007 an international tem of researches using satellite photographs and a number of other modern techniques concluded that Angkor had been the largest preindustrial city in he world.

Criteria. Human creative genius to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. Interchange of values to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landslide design. Testimony to cultural tradition to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. Significance in human history to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landslide which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history.

Phoenix Island Location: Kiribati Designated year: 2010 Category: Natural The Phoenix Island is placed in-between Hawaii and Fiji in the Pacific. Tracts of the deep ocean studies, 30 large submerge Volcanoes. Did you know: That 500 species have been found in the oceans of Phoenix Islands.

Natural phenomena or beauty to contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. Significant ecological and biological processes to be outstanding examples representing significant on- going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals.

Petra. Location: the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan Reason for designation- this incredible “LOST” city in stone blends the best of the middle eastern influences. Jordan's city in stone is a monument to a powerful civilization which blossomed 2,000yrs ago. The surroundings are rocky mountains and clifts.

Human creative genius to represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. Traditional human settlement to be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land or sea use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. Testimony to cultural tradition to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared.

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