Banc d'Arguin National Park

World Heritage
mauritania
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Located on the Atlantic coast, the park consists of sand dunes, coastal marshes, small islands and shallow coastal waters. The harsh desert environment contrasts with the biodiversity of the marine areas, creating a land and seascape of outstanding natural significance. A wide variety of migratory birds spend the winter here. Several species of sea turtles and dolphins can also be seen here, and fishermen use them to attract schools of fish.

Shell midden several kilometers long and tens of meters high proving an intense prehistoric use of t...

Map of the bay showing the Banc d'Arguin National Park

The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault

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Fishing boats at Banc d'Arguin

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Map of Banc d'Arguin including Tidra Island and Arguin

Banc d'Arguin from orbit, 2019

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Information extracted from Wikidata

office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/05tr2f
location Mimar Sinan
Commons category Banc d'Arguin National Park
inception 1978-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location Point(-16.108889 20.234722)
heritage designation Ramsar site
native label Parc national du Banc d'Arguin
elevation above sea level 21
area 12000
area 1200000
World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (x)
Wolfram Language entity code Entity["Park", "BancDArguinNationalPark::dy29z"]
object has role Eliza Fraser
uses 4527371-6
country Mimar Sinan
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PNBA%2043.JPG
located in the administrative territorial entity Nouadhibou
located in the administrative territorial entity Dakhlet Nouadhibou
ISNI 0000 0001 2097 4652
executive body Banc d'Arguin National Park
Wolfram Language entity code Entity["Park", "BancDArguinNationalPark::dy29z"]

official website http://www.mauritania.mr/PNBA
end time 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
official website http://www.pnba.mr/pnba/
start time 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
population 900
point in time 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
start time 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name المنتزه الوطني بانك دارغوين
official name Banc d'Arguin National Park
official name Parque Nacional del Banco de Arguin
official name Parc national du banc d'Arguin
official name バンダルギン国立公園
official name Nationaal park Banc d’Arguin
official name Национальный парк Банк д`Арген
official name 阿尔金岩石礁国家公园
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (x)