Sudan
Sanganeb
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park comprise two pristine marine ecosystems in the Red Sea.
These sites centered around a coral reef are known as excellent diving sites for their clear visibility and high coral diversity. Huge schools of manta rays and sharks make common appearances in these waters. Furthermore, Dungonab Bay has a healthy dugong population.
Community Perspective: the only way to visit discovered so far is by an expensive live-aboard diving cruise.
Site Info
Official Information
- Full Name
- Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (ID: 262)
- Country
- Sudan
- Status
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Inscribed 2016
Site history
History of Sanganeb
- WHS Type
- Natural
- Criteria
- vii
- ix
- x
Links
- UNESCO
- whc.unesco.org
All Links
UNESCO.org
- whc.unesco.org — whc.unesco.org/
Community Information
- Community Category
- Natural landscape: Marine and Coastal
- Urban landscape: Post-medieval European
Travel Information
One thousand visitors or fewer
Recent Connections
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Red Zone Travel Advisory
Sudan fully off-limits -
Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
Dungonab-Osief Bays: Western Indian Oce… -
Flamingos
"Several large and charismatic species …
Connections of Sanganeb
- Individual People
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Cousteau
maiden voyage of the Calypso (Bradt travel guide) -
Visited by Nicolas Hulot
Émission 22 : Au pays des pharaons noirs (Soudan, 2003)
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- Geography
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Atoll
Sanganeb Atoll Marine National Park -
Marine sites
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- Trivia
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Scuba Dive Liveaboard
See example in link
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- Ecology
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Siraneans
Dugong -
Mangroves
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Fish
Crit X: The whale and manta ray seasonal aggregations in DMNP are unique to the entire Western Indian Ocean Region ... SMNP lies in a regional hotspot for reef fish endemism. -
Flamingos
"Several large and charismatic species were observed including the Goliath heron, spoonbills, flamingos" (2006, see link)See www.cbd.int
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Coral
Coral reef -
Lagoons
The nominated property and its surrounding area include reef systems (13 different bio-physiographic reef zones in SMNP), atoll, lagoon .. (AB ev) -
Turtles and tortoises
home to populations of .. marine turtles (AB ev) -
Sharks
home to populations of sharks (AB ev) - Hammerheads -
Seagrass beds
"some of the most northerly coral reefs in the world associated with species (including seagrass and mangroves) at the limits of their global range and evolutionary expansion" (OUV) -
Bird Migrations
The African-Eurasian Flyway
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- World Heritage Process
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Inscribed at third attempt or more
(Def 1983, Ref 2015, Ins 2016) -
Ten years or more to inscribe
(1983-2016) -
Natural sites filling gaps cited by IUCN
Red Sea corals
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- Constructions
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Lighthouses
The lighthouse at Sanganeb Atoll is a historic building and is an important part of Sudan’s maritime heritage. Construction of the modern lighthouse was started in 1950, but there was a structure present at this site from at least 1907. SeeSee www.persga.org
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- WHS on Other Lists
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Ramsar Wetlands
Dongonab Bay-Marsa Waiai -
WWF Global 200
Marine, Tropical Coral: (231) Red SeaSee web.archive.org
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Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs)
Dungonab-Osief Bays: Western Indian Ocean (ISRA Region 07)
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- Timeline
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Holocene
the coral reefs we see along the Red Sea today are primarily Holocene
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- Visiting conditions
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One thousand visitors or fewer
DD : “There is an increasing number of large tourist liveaboard vessels (motor sailing yachts) that have been visiting the site in recent years, most of which originate from Egypt” -
Red Zone Travel Advisory
Sudan fully off-limits
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News
No news.
Recent Visitors
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I visited this site in 2009 as part of a 2 week diving trip in Sudan on board the Royal Evolution. I won this expensive trip with a website contest.
We did 3 or 4 dives a day for 2 weeks! We got our visa in Port Sudan. From there we visited all the magnificent diving sites of Sudan. At Sanganeb reef we visited the lighthouse and had a chat with the guy who works there. After the visit we stayed 2 days at Sanganeb Reef and did several dives at Sanganeb North and Sanganeb South. Everything you can imagine under water was there!
I dived on many nice places in the world but diving at Sanganeb and the rest of Sudan was really amazing and unforgettable!!
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