Recorded natural discoveries

Connected Sites: 5

Definition
Natural WHS that were not previously known and then 'discovered', although local populations may have known about them. Requirements: - discovered before 1970 (the later ones are in a separate connection, "recently discovered") - name of discoverer and year must be given - the discovery must relate to the WHS itself, not to a single property or smaller zone within the area

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Connected Sites

  • Canaima National Park
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.74
    26
    3
    Angel Falls by Jimmie Angel, 1933
  • Victoria Falls
    Victoria Falls
    Zambia, Zimbabwe
    Inscribed: 1989
    4.47
    136
    5
    David Livingstone, 1855
  • Carlsbad Caverns
    Carlsbad Caverns
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.47
    118
    11
    James Larkin White, 1898
  • Yellowstone
    Yellowstone
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1978
    4.49
    215
    12
    First visit by a non-indigenous person was in 1807 (John Colter).
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Uluru
    Uluru
    Australia
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.39
    141
    6
    On 19 July 1873 William Gosse reached Uluru and gave it the name Ayers Rock.
    See en.wikipedia.org