Monday, June 24, 2013
UNESCO adds 19 sites to World Heritage List
updated 4:26 AM EDT, Mon June 24, 2013
There are two parts
to this 714,566-hectare World Heritage Site: the dormant volcanic
Pinacate Shield of black and red lava flows and desert pavements to the
east, and, in the west, the Gran Altar Desert with its varied sand dunes
that can reach heights of 200 meters.
"Ten enormous, deep and almost perfectly circular craters believed to have been formed by a combination of eruptions and collapses, and also contribute to the dramatic beauty of the site whose exceptional combination of features are of great scientific interest," says UNESCO's inscription.
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El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar (Mexico)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- UNESCO Committee gives 19 sites World Heritage status
- Japan's Mount Fuji, North Korea's Kaeson Fortress added to list
- First inscriptions for Fiji, Qatar
The UNESCO (United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World
Heritage Committee is meeting in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh for
its 37th annual session.
A reported 34 sites were
up for consideration. Though Italy and China lead the pack with two new
inscriptions apiece, it's been a particularly exciting year for Qatar
and Fiji, which are now celebrating the addition of their first World
Heritage sites.
Qatar's walled coastal
town of Al Zubarah in the Gulf and Fiji's Levuka Historical Port Town
were both announced as new additions on Saturday.
Other notable new
inscriptions include Japan's Mount Fuji, Namibia's Namib Sand Sea, the
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station in Canada and North Korea's Kaesong
Fortress.
Here's the full list of 19 sites granted UNESCO World Heritage status by the committee:
1. Xinjiang Tianshan (China)
2. Mount Etna (Italy)
3. El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
4. Namib Sand Sea (Namibia)
5. Tajik National Park (Tajikistan)
6. Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (Canada)
7. Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces (China)
8. Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong (North Korea)
9. Levuka Historical Port Town (Fiji)
10. Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (Germany)
11. Hill Forts of Rajashtan (India)
12. Golestan Palace (Iran)
13. Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany (Italy)
14. Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (Japan)
15. Historic Centre of Agadez (Niger)
16. Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (Poland / Ukraine)
17. University of Coimbra -- Alta and Sofia (Portugal)
18. Al Zubarah Archaeological Site (Qatar)
19. Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora (Ukraine)
The UNESCO World Heritage List features 981 sites from 160 countries that are party to the World Heritage Convention.
Of these, 759 are cultural, 193 natural and 29 mixed properties.
Meanwhile, the UNESCO committee made a few changes to its "List of World Heritage in Danger."
Iran's Bam citadel was
removed from the danger list while East Rennell of the Solomon Island
was added, along with the six World Heritage sites of Syria.
UNESCO's World Heritage
Committee has put off its decision on whether to place the Great Barrier
Reef on the in danger list until 2014.
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