Sudan

Sanganeb

WHS Score 3.32 Votes 4 Average 4.12

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.

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Site Info

Official Information
Full Name
Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (ID: 262)
Country
Sudan
Status
Inscribed 2016 Site history
History of Sanganeb
WHS Type
Natural
Criteria
  • vii
  • ix
  • x
Links
UNESCO
whc.unesco.org
All Links
UNESCO.org

Community Information

  • Community Category
  • Natural landscape: Marine and Coastal
  • Urban landscape: Post-medieval European
Travel Information
One thousand visitors or fewer
One thousand visitors or fewer
DD : “There is an increasing number of large tourist …
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Individual People
Geography
Trivia
Ecology
  • Siraneans
    Dugong
  • Mangroves
  • 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

  • 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
World Heritage Process
Constructions
  • 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. See

    See www.persga.org

WHS on Other Lists
Timeline
  • Holocene
    the coral reefs we see along the Red Sea today are primarily Holocene
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Community Reviews

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First published: 27/07/16.

Bram De Bruin

Sanganeb

Sanganeb (Inscribed)

Sanganeb by Bram de Bruin

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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