Coordinates & Chronicles
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Great Himalayan National Park rises from river forests to peaks above 6,000 meters, protecting a vertical refuge for rare Himalayan wildlife.
LOCATION RECORD 020: Göbekli Tepe: Rewriting Civilization
Before cities, metal or pottery, hunter-gatherers raised Göbekli Tepe’s monumental pillars—and forced history to redraw...
LOCATION RECORD 017: Dinosaur Provincial Park: The Badlands Archive
Dinosaur Provincial Park exposes Alberta’s 75-million-year-old fossil beds, preserving one of Earth’s richest records of...
LOCATION RECORD 016: Cueva de las Manos: The Human Signal in Stone
Cueva de las Manos preserves Patagonia’s ancient hand stencils, guanaco hunts and mineral pigments across...
LOCATION RECORD 015: Cocos Island National Park: Where the Pacific Currents Gather
Cocos Island National Park protects an isolated Costa Rican rainforest and surrounding Pacific waters where...
LOCATION RECORD 014: Chitwan National Park: The Terai Refuge Beneath the Himalayas
Chitwan National Park protects Nepal’s Terai grasslands, sal forests and river corridors—critical habitat for rhinoceroses,...
LOCATION RECORD 013: Chengjiang Fossil Site: The Seafloor That Preserved the Cambrian Explosion
Chengjiang Fossil Site preserves an early Cambrian marine ecosystem whose soft-bodied fossils transformed the record...
LOCATION RECORD 012: Chavín de Huántar: The Engineered Temple of the High Andes
Chavín de Huántar is a high-Andean ceremonial complex where stone galleries, ritual plazas and the...
LOCATION RECORD 011: Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park: The Ancient Plateau at the Heart of the Cerrado
Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park protects an ancient Brazilian plateau of Cerrado savanna, quartzite canyons,...
LOCATION RECORD 010: Cave of Altamira: The Painted Ceiling That Rewrote Human History
The Cave of Altamira preserves a Paleolithic painted ceiling whose bison, engravings and mineral pigments...
LOCATION RECORD 009: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park: The Living Forest of the Albertine Rift
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park protects an ancient Ugandan rainforest where mountain gorillas and exceptional Albertine...
LOCATION RECORD 008: Bale Mountains National Park—Ethiopia’s Afroalpine Water Tower
Bale Mountains National Park protects Ethiopia’s vast Afroalpine plateau, Harenna Forest and vital headwaters alongside...
LOCATION RECORD 007: Ancient City of Polonnaruwa—The Hydraulic Capital of Medieval Sri Lanka
The Ancient City of Polonnaruwa preserves Sri Lanka’s medieval power through monumental architecture, sacred landmarks...
LOCATION RECORD 004: Alejandro de Humboldt National Park—Evolution Under Pressure
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park protects Cuba’s most diverse mountain forests, where toxic geology drives...
LOCATION RECORD 003: Aldabra Atoll—The Tidal Engine of the Indian Ocean
More than 1,000 kilometres from Mahé, Aldabra Atoll preserves a tidal wilderness of giant tortoises,...
LOCATION RECORD 001: Aachen Cathedral: The Imperial Stone Record of Europe
From Charlemagne’s Palatine Chapel to Germany’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, discover the imperial history...
