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Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Kimmerikon — North Terrace Harbour Below Opuk Mountain North (Mount Opuk North) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Kimmerikon — North Terrace Harbour Below Opuk Mountain North (Mount Opuk North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

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Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau North (Pando North Kunduriri) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau North (Pando North Kunduriri)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau North (Pando North Kunduriri) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Kunduriri — Hypothetical Raised-Field Plateau North (Pando North Kunduriri)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Papercambridge.org

Largest known cat geoglyph in Chile identified as Andean cat — Oryx

Cambridge · 2023

62 m feline parallel 500 BCE

Alto Ramírez West Quebrada Cardones Geoglyphs (Cardones Ravine Terraces)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Lysimachia — Northern Harbour at Hebros Delta North (Thrace North) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Lysimachia — Northern Harbour at Hebros Delta North (Thrace North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Lysimachia — Northern Harbour at Hebros Delta North (Thrace North) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Lysimachia — Northern Harbour at Hebros Delta North (Thrace North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Western Buried City (Fayum East West) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Western Buried City (Fayum East West)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Western Buried City (Fayum East West) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Philadelphia — Kom el-Kharaba Western Buried City (Fayum East West)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articlediscovermagazine.com

The Race to Protect Atacama's Ancient Geoglyphs

Discover Magazine · 2023

Arica–Antofagasta 435 mile geoglyph belt

Salar del Sur West Fan Geoglyphs (Western Alluvial Bajada)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Articlediscovermagazine.com

The Race to Protect Atacama's Ancient Geoglyphs

Discover Magazine · 2023

435 mile Arica–Antofagasta belt

Salar del Sur Central Playa Isle Geoglyphs (Salt Flat Island Figures)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Theadelphia — Eastern Buried Village at Bat el-Harun East (Fayum West-Central East) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Theadelphia — Eastern Buried Village at Bat el-Harun East (Fayum West-Central East)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Theadelphia — Eastern Buried Village at Bat el-Harun East (Fayum West-Central East) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Theadelphia — Eastern Buried Village at Bat el-Harun East (Fayum West-Central East)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North) — Pleiades and regional survey anchor

Pleiades, DARMC · 2023

Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North) — Wikipedia encyclopedic overview

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Wadi Gawasis — Northern Anchorage at Mersa Gawasis North (Saww North)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Paperpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Living to the High Extreme: Salar de Huasco

Dorador et al. · 2021

Salar de Huasco North Bofedal Geoglyphs (Northern Peatland Terrace)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Paperpmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Living to the High Extreme: Salar de Huasco bacterial communities

E. Dorador et al. · 2021 · PMC

Coordinates 20°18′18″S 68°50′22″W

Salar de Huasco East Ridge Geoglyphs (Eastern Ignimbrite Spur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2021Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Walking and marking the desert: Geoglyphs in arid South America

K. Lambers, D. Valenzuela · 2020 · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Salar de Huasco East Ridge Geoglyphs (Eastern Ignimbrite Spur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Journal articledoi.org

Walking and marking the desert: Geoglyphs in arid South America

K. Lambers et al. · 2020 · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Alto Ramírez East Pampa Gallinazo Geoglyphs (Gallinazo Plain Figures)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2020Open source

Papercore.tdar.org

Droning on UAV Black Desert

Rowan Hill · 2018

Jabal Wisad East Fallout Kites (Eastern Piedmont Debris Fan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

Papercore.tdar.org

Droning on: UAV Survey in the Black Desert of Jordan

Yorke Rowan, Austin Hill · 2018

Jabal Wisad Central Plateau Kites (Central Wisad Basalt Table)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2018Open source

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