Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes
A World Heritage Site in China, inscribed in 2024 as a Natural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- China
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 2024
- Category
- Natural Site
- Criteria
- (vii)(viii)
- Property area
- approx. 7,263 km² (726,291 ha)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 39.8897, 102.2894
- UNESCO ID
- 1638
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Names in other languages
- French
- Désert de Badain Jaran – Tours de sable et lacs
- Spanish
- Desierto de Badain Jaran - Torres de arena y lagos
- Chinese
- 巴丹吉林沙漠——沙山湖泊群
Other World Heritage Sites in China
- Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains (1994)
- Ancient City of Ping Yao (1997)
- Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun (2000)
- Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City (2019)
- Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital (2024)
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom (2004)
- Chengjiang Fossil Site (2012)
- China Danxia (2010)
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997)
- Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (2013)
- Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er (2023)
- Dazu Rock Carvings (1999)
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