Best seen from the sky

Connected Sites: 13

Features / specific locations within WHS that are best seen from the sky. Features should be named.

Connected Sites

  • Vredefort Dome
    Vredefort Dome
    South Africa
    Inscribed: 2005
    1.97
    35
    4
  • Mijikenda Kaya Forests
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.23
    21
    3
    "They appear undisturbed, but in fact all true Kaya forests bear the clear imprint of man. They have visible clearings in their centers and a system of deeply incised and well worn paths leading to and from these spaces. In some of the clearings, there will be stands of coconut trees, indicating past settlement. From the air this consistent pattern of paths and clearings in the Ma-kaya is particularly striking. The effect is that of land sculpture" (nom file p10)
  • Yellowstone
    Yellowstone
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.49
    214
    12
    Grand Prismatic Spring
  • Venetian Works of Defence
    Venetian Works of Defence
    Croatia, Italy, Montenegro
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.99
    382
    10
    Palmanova
  • Purnululu National Park
    Inscribed: 2003
    3.84
    16
    4
    Bungle Bungle Range sandstone towers
  • Poverty Point
    Poverty Point
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.28
    64
    8
    Especially for the six peculiar concentric earthen ridges: "The scale of the ridges is so massive that it wasn't until researchers examined aerial photographs that they were able to recognize the geometric design." (wiki)
  • Nasca Lines
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.87
    147
    10
  • Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
    Inscribed: 2024
    3.49
    22
    2
    The site is famous for and named after its ‘crumpled sheet’ effect, with uncountable ripples and folds in the sand created by wind erosion.
  • Fortifications of Vauban
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    264
    18
    Especially the star-shaped forts such as Neuf-Brisach
  • Brasilia
    Brasilia
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.35
    73
    10
    "often compared to the shape of a bird in flight"
  • Belize Barrier Reef
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.56
    119
    11
    Great Blue Hole
  • Andrefana Dry Forests
    Inscribed: 1990
    3.84
    29
    4
  • Hopewell
    Hopewell
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.23
    42
    7