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CulturalRef. 1654

Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea

Cultural World Heritage property in Russia, inscribed in 2021 under criterion (iii).

Petroglyphs of Lake Onega and the White Sea, Russia
Photo: Semenov.m7 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Russia
Year of inscription
2021
Criteria
iii
What it is
group of structures or buildings
Component parts
2 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1654 · Wikidata Q64808630

Why it is on the List

(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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