Women Explorers

Connected Sites: 4

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

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Connected Sites

Huascaran National Park
Huascaran National Park
Peru
Inscribed: 1985
3.77
77
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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
Palmyra
Palmyra
Syria
Inscribed: 1980
3.98
85
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
Potala Palace
Potala Palace
China
Inscribed: 1994
4.14
101
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
11
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