Rodinia Profile

I love traveling, geology and visiting historical sites. 

Favourite travel destinations: Europe and the Middle East. Hope to explore more of Central Asia in the future, though.

Top of travel list: Saudi Arabia

Favourite archaeological period: Prehistoric, Romans

Favourite geology: the 'oldest rock', Buntsandstein (also take Old Red Sandstone), karst features, ophiolite complexes and generally lovely green mantle rocks. 

Netherlands Last Update 19.05.25 155 WHS Visited 2 Reviews 155 WHS Rated 34 TWHS Visited

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Recent Reviews Rodinia

Binegadi Fauna and Flora Deposit (T)

Rodinia Netherlands - 23-Apr-24

Today I visited this location from Baku by busses and minibuses plus unexpected walks as the bus I needed (bus 134) does not seem to go at the moment. I visited the lake at the coordinates the other review mentions (40.467668, 49.801180). The approach is not the nicest as one has to walk through a garbage dump to reach the shore. The lake itself doesn't look like asphalt, but rather somewhat clean water. The large amount of vegetation and the clean (bar the rubbish) soil also makes me wonder whether there was any asphalt here in recent years. After a quick look and a few photos I went towards the lake hotel and then approached the Keyraki mud volcano from the back side, There are several paths up

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Al Zubarah

Rodinia Netherlands - 12-Sep-20

I've visited Al Zubarah twice. The first time was around 2009/2010 when I was living in Qatar for roughly a year. At that time it was not yet a WHS. Substantial parts of that town were uncovered then and it was really fascinating to see the layout and the different houses. When I returned to Qatar in around 2013/2014 I visited again and found that most of the town was covered up again and there were just a few buildings visible, plus a reconstruction. I can imagine that people are disappointed about this as there really is not a lot to see. On the other hand I can understand why this was done: the town is built from beach rock, just right there from the water edge: tower shells and sand grains cemented together by the high calcium content sea water

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Profile Data

Name
Rodinia
Country
Netherlands
Ranking
478
Most Impressive
Baalbek, Lebanon

Recently Visited WHS

Update 19.05.25
  • San Marino and Mount Titano

    • 10 Best Missing

    1. Rapa Nui
    2. Galapagos Islands
    3. Yellowstone
    4. Machu Picchu
    5. Victoria Falls
    6. Tikal National Park
    7. Bagan
    8. Serengeti
    9. Ilulissat Icefjord
    10. Uluru

    8 Countries Complete

    Cyprus . Holy See . Luxembourg . Malta . Qatar . San Marino . Singapore . United Arab Emirates .

    Rating Stats
    Agrigento 5
    Ancient Thebes 5
    Angkor 5
    Baalbek 5
    Butrint 5
    Dilmun Burial Mounds 5
    Dorset and East Devon Coast 5
    Dutch Water Defence Lines 5
    Eisinga Planetarium 5
    Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 5
    Forth Bridge 5
    Gobustan Rock Art 5
    Megalithic Temples of Malta 5
    Monastery of Geghard 5
    Neolithic Orkney 5
    Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 5
    Petra 5
    Skocjan Caves 5
    Walled City of Baku 5
    Zollverein 5
    Aachen Cathedral 4.5
    Byblos 4.5
    Choirokoitia 4.5
    Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 4.5
    Khinalig 4.5
    Laurisilva of Madeira 4.5
    Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.5
    Persepolis 4.5
    Qal'at al-Bahrain 4.5
    Riga 4.5
    Rila Monastery 4.5
    Rome 4.5
    Schokland 4.5
    Stevns Klint 4.5
    Tallinn 4.5
    Teide National Park 4.5
    Tyre 4.5
    Villa Romana del Casale 4.5
    Wadi Rum 4.5
    Westminster 4.5
    Anjar 4
    Anuradhapura 4
    Atlantic Forest South-East 4
    Ayutthaya 4
    Budapest 4
    Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 4
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 4
    Fagus Factory 4
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire 4
    Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4
    Kotor 4
    Kronborg Castle 4
    Masjed-e Jâme' 4
    Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4
    Mount Etna 4
    New Lanark 4
    Old Town of Galle 4
    Paphos 4
    Persian Garden 4
    Polonnaruva 4
    Primeval Beech Forests 4
    San Marino and Mount Titano 4
    Stećci 4
    Stralsund and Wismar 4
    Thingvellir 4
    Trogir 4
    Valletta 4
    Venetian Works of Defence 4
    Wadden Sea 4
    Al Zubarah 3.5
    Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
    Bauhaus Sites 3.5
    Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 3.5
    Boyana Church 3.5
    Brugge 3.5
    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 3.5
    Chartres Cathedral 3.5
    Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.5
    Cologne Cathedral 3.5
    Colonies of Benevolence 3.5
    Corvey 3.5
    Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
    Edinburgh 3.5
    Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.5
    Gelati Monastery 3.5
    Great Wall 3.5
    Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 3.5
    Imperial Palace 3.5
    Imperial Tombs 3.5
    Istanbul 3.5
    Kew Gardens 3.5
    Land of Frankincense 3.5
    Lyon 3.5
    Lübeck 3.5
    Medina of Marrakesh 3.5
    Meteora 3.5
    Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
    Mostar 3.5
    Mtskheta 3.5
    Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
    Orange 3.5
    Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
    Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
    Pasargadae 3.5
    Rhodes 3.5
    Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
    Sheki 3.5
    Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.5
    Summer Palace 3.5
    Vatican City 3.5
    Vilnius 3.5
    Warsaw 3.5
    Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
    Al Ain 3
    Bali Subak system 3
    Belfries 3
    Bordeaux 3
    Bryggen 3
    Central Highlands 3
    City of Luxembourg 3
    Dubrovnik 3
    Everglades 3
    Fortified City of Carcassonne 3
    Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3
    Golestan Palace 3
    Grand Place, Brussels 3
    Gwynedd Castles 3
    Kandy 3
    Kinderdijk 3
    Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3
    Prague 3
    Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 3
    Rammelsberg and Goslar 3
    Rio de Janeiro 3
    Risco Caido 3
    Roskilde Cathedral 3
    San Cristobal de La Laguna 3
    Schönbrunn 3
    Sigiriya 3
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3
    Split 3
    Temple of Heaven 3
    Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 3
    Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3
    Yazd 3
    Canal du Midi 2.5
    Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 2.5
    Maritime Greenwich 2.5
    Par force hunting landscape 2.5
    Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 2.5
    Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 2.5
    Tower of London 2.5
    Vienna 2.5
    Beemster Polder 2
    Nice

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