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Tsodilo

Cultural World Heritage property in Botswana, inscribed in 2001 under criteria (i), (iii), (vi).

Tsodilo, Botswana
Photo: cj Huo · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chongoni Rock Art AreaCradle of HumankindGreat ZimbabweiSimangaliso Wetland ParkIsland of MozambiqueKhamiKhomani Cultural LandscapeLake Malawi National ParkMaloti-Drakensberg ParkMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasMapungubwe Cultural LandscapeMatobo HillsM'banza-KongoMulanje MassifNamib Sand SeaOkavango DeltaRichtersveldRuins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Ruins of Songo MnaraSelous Game ReserveStone TownThe Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South AfricaThe Medinas of the Historic Sultanates of the ComorosTsodiloTwyfelfonteinVredefort crater18.772° S, 21.754° E
State Party
Botswana
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
2001
Criteria
iiiivi
Area of property
4,800 ha
Location
North-West District
What it is
archaeological site
Elevation
1,489 m
Reference
WHC 1021 · Wikidata Q214007

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.(vi)Directly linked to events, living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Okavango Delta, Botswana139 kmOkavango DeltaBotswana · 2014NaturalKhami, Zimbabwe716 kmKhamiZimbabwe · 1986CulturalMatobo Hills, Zimbabwe732 kmMatobo HillsZimbabwe · 2003CulturalKhomani Cultural Landscape, South Africa782 kmKhomani Cultural LandscapeSouth Africa · 2017CulturalTwyfelfontein, Namibia799 kmTwyfelfonteinNamibia · 2007CulturalMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas, Zimbabwe876 kmMana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari AreasZimbabwe · 1984Natural
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