This hasn't been proposed yet.


Kwongan further encompasses other national parks, most notably Stirling Range NP.

I'd love to see it in, but no one has officially proposed it yet. My post was a discussion starter, but not a multiple proposal, which would be against the rules.

I think I made a mistake, as I see it had already been approved. So this one is ok.

Maybe a post of proposed sites that have not been seconded would help? I misunderstood and thought some of these sites were already proposed.

Hello guys, I tried to keep up with your work on this list of candidates for the top 50 missing. I was not able to take part in this process but I tried to keep up with your work and I find it very impressive! I don't know if this window is still open for a couple of proposals but I decided to grasp the opportunity before the list is closed. I am not the best expert for natural sites and the ones I would propose are already on your list but I would like to propose two cultural sites if you want to consider them:

Site: Sky City
Country: USA
TWHS: No
Description: Acoma Pueblo is a National Historic Landmark in New Mexico. The Acoma have continuously occupied the area for over 2000 years. The Sky City Pueblo is situated on a 365-foot (111 m) mesa and was probably founded in the 11th century, making it one of the earliest continuously inhabited communities in the United States. The 6,000 square feet church Mission San Esteban Rey was build in the 17th century and shows designs representing Christian and Indigenous beliefs. It is a National Trust Historic Site, the only Native American site in that ranking.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoma_Pueblo
Criteria: cultural

Site: Sechín Bajo
Country: Peru
TWHS: no
Description: Sechin Bajo is a large archaeological site containing a circular plaza and a frieze.vRadiocarbon dating indicated that they were constructed around 3500 BCE, making them the two oldest examples of monumental architecture discovered thus far in the Americas, prerunning the pyramids of Caral Supe by almost 1000 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sechin_Bajo
Criteria: cultural

Finally I have one extension proposal, even a multiple one for the Sites mégalithiques de Carnac:
It is not completely clear from the text on the Unesco website but it seems that this tentative sites is limited to the closer area of Carnac and its rows of megaliths. While these are quite overwhelming in size in the effort needed to build them the artistically truely impressive sites are a bit further off: In Locmariaquer, 10 km from Carnac we find a group of Domens and Menhirs dating back to 4000BC, the most interesting being the Table des Marchands with interesting stone carvings. A few of kilometres further east on the island of Gavrinis is the Cairn of Gavrinis of a similar or even older age. It shows the most elaborate, very artistic stone carvings which remind of the carvings in Newgrange but they are even older.
Further away in the northern Bretagne we find another buildings that would deserve inclusion in this nomination or even a separate nomination: The Barnenez Tumulus was called by André Malraux 'The Prehistoric Parthenon'. It dates even further back to 4850 BC, making it on of the oldest man made structures in the world. The cairn is is 72 m long, up to 25 m wide and over 8 m high. It is built of 13,000 to 14,000 tons of stone. It includes also stone engavings.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_des_Marchand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavrinis

I will officially propose Lake Tanganyika, as a whole.

Site: Lake Tanganyika
Country: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania and Zambia
TWHS: Partially (Ref.: 5146 Le lac Tanganyika - Burundi)
Description: Lake Tanganyika is the world's second-oldest freshwater lake, the second-largest by volume and the second deepest. Its waters support an extraordinary diversity of aquatic life, with most species occurring nowhere else on Earth. Along with other African Great Lakes, its 250 species of cichlid fishes represent the world's most extreme example of adaptive radiation in vertebrate animals, with Lake Tanganyika notable for having the highest number of endemic cichlid genera.
Criteria: Natural

I'll second this site.

It was from way back in the Europe/NA proposals but can I still second the Sites of Antarctic Exploration proposal?
I'd like to make one last proposal also.

Site: Deception Island
Country: UK? Transnational? Antarctica
TWHS: No
Category: Mixed (or natural)
Description: Deception Island is the caldera of an active volcano in the South Shetland Islands archipelago administered under the Antarctic Treaty System. The centre of the island has been flooded by the sea to form a large bay with a narrow entrance, just 500m wide creating one of the safest natural ice-free harbours in Antarctica. In the early 1820's it became a focal point of the short-lived fur-sealing industry in the South Shetlands. In the early 1900's it was again used as a whaling base and processing centre. This was later followed by scientific research stations from multiple nations until they were also abandoned due to volcanic activity. Remains of previous structures include rusting boilers and tanks, an aircraft hangar, and the British scientific station house. From a cultural standpoint Deception Island represents and important early attempt at colonization and commercialization of Antarctica.
From a natural standpoint: The island is associated with Bransfield Basin seafloor spreading that includes a volcanic ridge and seamounts dating back to the Pleistocene and exhibits some wildly varying micro climates. Near volcanic areas, the air can be as hot as 40 °C and water temperature can reach 70 °C. 11 terrestrial sites have been collectively designated as an Antarctic specially protected area (ASPA 140), primarily for their botanic and ecological values, because the island has the greatest number of rare plant species of any place in the Antarctic. It is also the first site in Antarctica where fossilized plants were discovered.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_Island

As I said before, I second this one.

I second this for being "one of the oldest centres of civilisation in the Western Hemisphere" (Wiki).

For my cultural proposal, I propose this site:

Full Name of Site: The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
Country: Iran
TWHS? Yes
Short description of site: Persian house represents a unique and magnificent model in the field of house architecture in the climate of Iran's central plateau, the materials, construction techniques, decorations and intangible values of which play a vital role in the realization of Persian house. Persian house is a sample of architectural collection which has gained a distinctive identity due to its unique design. Some of the identifiers and distinctive features of Persian house compared with similar residential spaces relate to its constituting elements and patterns including: the central yard, vestibule, interior (private space), exterior (guest space), special entrance, porch, and many other architectural elements which can often be found in Iran's traditional houses. The architectural design of Persian houses is directly and clearly affected by the cultural customs, beliefs and ideas of the people and it has been greatly affected by its residents. The most prominent example for the integration of these beliefs and customs can be found in the introversion concept (meaning turning inward and arranging and concentrating the spaces around the central yard). Several houses in Kashan represent this concept: Borujerdi House, Tabatabai House, Abbāsi House, Āmeri House.
Criteria: Cultural

Resources: The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran (Unesco), Kashan, Borujerdi House, Tabatabai House, Abbāsi House, Āmeri House

I second this but at the same time I would prefer a wider or bigger nomination for Kashan – as I have already proposed during Asia round. There is a TWHS The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan which contains Fin Gardens (already WHS), Tepe Sialk (TWHS, claimed to be the "oldest known" Ziggurat, dating back to around 3000BC), these Persian Houses or mansions, and an old city of Kashan with bazaar and mosques.

I have visited Kashan, and I think these Persian Houses are alone worth of inscription, but Kashan has lot more and together they would make a stonger nomination.

This looks highly unique and I would second this, an opportunity for cooperation to preserve even a small part of Antarctica (UK, Chile, Argentina). This could also include all of the South Shetland Islands?

I do understand that, but the historical axis TWHS looks like it has very disparate types of sites in it, which does not help its clarity. Whereas the Persian house site does have the benefit of a more precise and better delineated description.

Looking back at the different proposals in al the continents, there would be several propoals I would second now I've had the time to read up more on some. But maybe it's for the better... if a proposal doesn't convince right from the start, maybe it's not top 50 missng material?

There are already WHS with disparate types of sites, and I don't see it as a big problem. Having visited all these components, which are in a quite a compact area, I understand them as a whole. Persian houses are located tightly inside the old city so it is hard to separate them from the surroundings. But yes the Historical Axis TWHS sites are from different eras and backgrounds. Kashan is small but very interesting place to visit with lots of things to see.

But well, I'm also OK with only Persian Houses. It is anyway the most impressive site in Kashan, and the site with the best potential. Persian Houses are absolutely impressive and beautiful buildings. I think it is one of the big missing sites in Iran, which is easy to see as a WHS right away.

My opinion is that Iran would have deserved more comprehensive going through like USA, Russia, Turkey, etc. Iran is a country with huge WHS potential.