Women Explorers

Connected Sites: 5

WHS which are linked to noteworthy female achievements in the realm of Exploration.

Connected Sites

  • Potala Palace
    Potala Palace
    China
    Inscribed: 1994
    4.14
    79
    11
    Reached by Alexandra David-Néel in 1924 when it was still "forbidden" -"The First western woman to enter Tibet". Spent 2 months there and "visited the monasteries"
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
    Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers
    India
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.15
    9
    2
    Joan Margaret Legge(1885-1939) was a botanist from England, who lost her life on 4 July, 1939 while collecting samples at Valley of flowers, India. (wiki) - she was there on behalf of Kew Gardens
  • Palmyra
    Palmyra
    Syria
    Inscribed: 1980
    3.98
    66
    3
    Reached by Lady Hester Stanhope in 1812. She later claimed to have been crowned "Queen of Palmyra" under the Triumphal Arch!
    See www.saudiaramcoworld.com
  • Mount Kumgang
    Mount Kumgang
    Korea (DPR)
    Inscribed: 2025
    3.48
    8
    1
    Isabella Bird claimed to be the first European Women to visit Mount Kumgang during her extensive visit in 1894 and is believed to have coined the term 'Diamond Mountain'. She visited the Four Great Temples of Mount Kumgang during a multi-day journey. "The first European woman to visit the Keum-Kang San being regarded as a great sight and from early morning till late at night there was no rest." - published in 'Korea and her Neighbours', a narrative of travel, with an account of the vicissitudes and position of the country Chapter 11 Diamond Mountain Monasteries Pg. 133 - 149
    See www.gutenberg.org
  • Huascaran National Park
    Huascaran National Park
    Peru
    Inscribed: 1985
    3.77
    67
    7
    The lower N summit was first climbed in 1908 by Annie Smith Peck (Possibly the only mountain worldwide to have first been climbed by a woman?).
    See en.wikipedia.org