World Heritage Site Gallery

Aerial photograph of Ningaloo Reef

Aerial photograph of Ningaloo Reef, Australiaa€™s largest fringing coral reef, extending for 260 kms. The entire Ningaloo Coast is a World Heritage Site and covers an area of more than 700 000 hectares of the north west coast. near Exmouth, Western Australia

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Aerial, Australian, Coastal Climate, Coral Reef, From Above, Indian Ocean, Landscape, Nature, Ocean, Scenery, Scenic, Sea, Shore, Tourism, Travel Destinations, World Heritage Area, World Heritage Site, Yamatji

Fossil bones of a Thunderbird

Fossil bones of a Thunderbird, a Dromornithid (flightless giant bird resembling a heavy ostrich, found only in Australia). They survived until about 26 000 years ago. Riversleigh Section, Boodjamulla National Park, northwest, Queensland, Australia

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Australian Fossil Site, Australian Fossils, Birds, Dromornithidae, Extinct, Fossiized, Fossil Site, Fossilised, Fossilized, Fossils, Geological, Geology, Megafauna, Remnants, Species, Thunder Birds, World Heritage Area, World Heritage Site

Ngorongoro Crater

Ngorongoro Crater, caldera of an extinct volcano about 20 km across, 600 m deep,and covering about 264 sq km, it is the largest unflooded and intact caldera in the world. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

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African, East Africa, Grassland, Great Rift Valley, Origin, Volcanic, World Heritage Area, World Heritage Site