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Simien National Park

Ethiopia
Date of Inscription: 1978
Criteria: (vii)(x)
Core zone: 22000 ha
Gondar Region
N13 10 60 E38 4 0
Ref: 9
Inscription Year on the List of World Heritage in Danger: 1996

Brief Description

Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world.

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