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Fish River Canyon

canyon located in the south of Namibia
Place Natural Heritage Q1420196

Facts

10 properties

Designation

Instance of
natural heritage
Heritage designation
national monument of Namibia, Tentative World Heritage Site (2002–present)[7][8]

Location

Country
Namibia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -27.719°, 17.579°[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Karas Region[2]
More facts +5
Located in
Karas Region
Coordinates
🗺️ -27.719°, 17.579°
IUCN protected areas category
IUCN category II: National Park[6]
Located in or next to body of water
Fish River[4]
World Heritage criteria
(vii), (viii), (ix)[9][10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Fish River Canyon en Visrivier Afgronde en Visrivier Canyon en Fischfluss Canyon de Fischfluss-Canyon de Fish River Canyon de Fish-River-Canyon de Fish River Canyon National Park de Fischflusscanyon de Fish River Canyon Park es Cañon del río Fish es Cañon del Río Fish es Cañón del rio Fish es Cañón del Rio Fish es Cañón del río Fish es Cañón del Río Fish es Cañon del rio Fish es Canon del rio Fish es Canon del Rio Fish es Canon del río Fish
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2001006854
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Fish River Canyon Namibia.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/02z9mw
GeoNames ID
3352345
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID
7031948
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Fish_River_Canyon
J9U entity ID
987007544521405171
NL CR AUT ID
ge654781
National Monuments of Namibia Site Reference
0291962
Topic's main category
Category:Fish River Canyon, Namibia
World Heritage Tentative List ID
1745

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Country 1
Namibia
Heritage designation 1
Tentative World Heritage Site
Instance of 1
natural heritage
Located in or next to body of water 1
Fish River
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Karas Region
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Summary

Fish River Canyon is a natural heritage[1].

Related Entities

Namibia

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . nhc-nam.org. nhc-nam.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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