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Bingling Temple Upper Gorge Grottoes — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Bingling Temple Upper Gorge Grottoes

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Maijishan North Niche 135 — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Maijishan North Niche 135

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Maijishan Western Cliff Grottoes — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Maijishan Western Cliff Grottoes

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Priene Athena North Stoa — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Priene Athena North Stoa

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Yungang West Cave 20 — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Yungang West Cave 20

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Gobustan Kichikdash South Petroglyphs — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Gobustan Kichikdash South Petroglyphs

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Marib Dam East Wadi Dhana Barrage — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Marib Dam East Wadi Dhana Barrage

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Zuojiang Huashan North Ningming Rock Art — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Zuojiang Huashan North Ningming Rock Art

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Zuojiang Huashan West Chongzuo Rock Art — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

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Zuojiang Huashan West Chongzuo Rock Art

From the atlas bibliography · Sep 23, 2026Open source

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Helike 38°13′19″N 22°07′54″E /38.2220N 22.1318E Achaea — Wikipedia Helike

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Helike — Selinus Plain Early Helladic Buried Town (Boura Delta)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteglobalnationalparks.com

Sierra de las Quijadas National Park coordinate 32.5508S 67.0642W — Globalnationalparks

Globalnationalparks · 2023

Sierra de las Quijadas — Potrero Northern Wall Avenue and Causeway (Potrero Norte)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Sybaris 39°43′00″N 16°29′38″E /39.71667N 16.49389E — Wikipedia Sybaris Magna Graecia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Sybaris — Crati Delta Southern Stoa Buried Quarter (Sibari South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Al ‘Ayn as Sukhnah 29°35′20″N 32°20′00″E /29.58902N 32.33597E — Mindat

Mindat · 2022

Ayn Sukhna — Galala Harbour at Wadi al-Jarf North Anchorage (Pharaonic)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Gorgippia — Northern Basin Breakwater Extension (Anapa Bay North) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Gorgippia — Northern Basin Breakwater Extension (Anapa Bay North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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Hermonassa — Southern Mole Harbour on Tuzla Spit South (Taman) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Hermonassa — Southern Mole Harbour on Tuzla Spit South (Taman)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitesites.lsa.umich.edu

Karanis 29°31′N 30°54′E Kom Aushim Fayum — Michigan Karanis Collaboratory

University of Michigan, Karanis Collaboratory · 2022

Karanis — Western Granary Quarter at Kom Aushim West (Fayum West)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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Kepoi — Central Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf (Mid-Bay) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Kepoi — Central Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf (Mid-Bay)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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