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MixedRef. 179

Tassili n'Ajjer

Mixed World Heritage property in Algeria, inscribed in 1982 under criteria (i), (iii), (vii), (viii).

Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria
Photo: magharebia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Algeria
Year of inscription
1982
Type
Mixed
Criteria
iiiiviiviii
Area of property
72,000 km²
Location
Illizi Province, Djanet Province
What it is
mountain range, archaeological site
Elevation
2,158 m
Reference
WHC 179 · Wikidata Q190048

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty.(viii)An outstanding record of the major stages of Earth’s history: the record of life, geological processes or landforms.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

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