| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year
Taken |
| Jordan |
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Kings Highway |
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Wadi Mujib |
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Wadi Mujib is 3km wide. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi Mujib |
|
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The oldest sample of Hebrew writing was found in this valley. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
Wadi Mujib |
|
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Spectaular road along the King's Highway. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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Desert hills. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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|
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View of the valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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Small village near Kerak. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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The town of Kerak is on a hilltop. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Kerak is 1000m above sea level and is located in the centre of the King's Highway. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Street scene. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Two women. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Shop. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Al Hamdi Mosque. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Statue of Saladin. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Kerak is dominated by its large castle. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The entrance to the castle. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The moat and the Ottoman Gate. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The castle was built by the Frank king Baldwin I of Jerusalem. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The castle is built on the site of the Moabite city of Kir Heres. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Salah El Din (Saladin) took the castle in 1183 after a siege. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View of the King's Highway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Kerak Castle was built by the Crusaders in 1142. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The Romans called the hilltop Charac Moaba. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The Mameluk (Islamic) dynasty took control of the castle in 1263. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Kerak is at the interestion of the King's Highway and the road to the Dead Sea. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View from the castle. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Spectacular location. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The castle was captured by Salah El Din (Saladin) in 1187. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View from the upper levels in 2019. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View of the castle in 1986. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The castle was used by the Ottomans until 1917. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Stone passageway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Stonework. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The castle is built on the site of the Moabite capital. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Defensive window. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The walls. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Strucures below ground level. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Archway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Pottery from 3000 BCE. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Residential structure. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Much of the site is derelict. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Ruined building. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View of the town. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View of the town and valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The castle and town have a spectacular setting. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Looking South. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Looking North. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View from the castle. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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Looking West from the castle walls. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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View from a castle archway. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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|
Kerak |
|
Kerak Castle |
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The King's Highway snaking through the landscape. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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Kerak was once the main centre in the Biblical land of the Moabites. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
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Kerak |
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View of the Dead Sea from Kerak. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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Village in the south. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
|
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Hilltop shrine. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Flat mountain. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Wide valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Hillside village. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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Eroded rocks. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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The highway snakes across the desert. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Kings Highway |
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|
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The highway near Petra. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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The Ma'an Mountains between Petra and the Dead Sea. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Misty scene. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Nabatean carving. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Desolation. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Sandstone peaks. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Abandoned settlement. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Grazing lands appear at lower altitudes. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
|
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Yellow sandstone. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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|
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The road descends to Wadi Arabi. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Scattered trees. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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Zig zagging road. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Ma'an Mountains |
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View of the Dead Sea Valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Wadi Arabi is a desolate valley at the foot of the Ma'an Mountains. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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|
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The valley is below sea level. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
|
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|
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Oases are dotted around the valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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The valley is hot as it is below sea level. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Parched landscape. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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The valley is 20km wide. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Boulder strewn landscape. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Goat herders. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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The desert. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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The Ma'an Mountains of Jordan. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Flat topped mountain. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Dramatic mountain range. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Parts of the valley are green. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Small mining settlement. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Wadi Arabi |
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Road through the valley. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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The Dead Sea Highway travels North-South close to the Dead Sea. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Sandstone hills in the valley south of the Dead Sea on the Jordanian side. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Beduin settlement with the hills of Palestine beyond. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Agricultural land. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Salt flats. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Beduin settlement. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Beduin tent. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Eroded hills. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea Valley |
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Jordan in the foreground with a Beduin encampment. Palestine in the distance. |
2019 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea |
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Palestinian settlement by the Dead Sea with the hills of Israel-Palestine visible on the far side. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea |
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The shore of the Dead Sea, 398m below sea level. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea |
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Palestinian settlement next to an oasis. |
1986 |
| Jordan |
|
Dead Sea |
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Sparse vegetation on the dry shore. |
1986 |
were added from 1 January 2023.