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Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)
Faiyum Governorate
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Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Faiyum Governorate
Identifier 1186
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category natural
criteria (viii)
Title wadi al-hitan (whale valley)
latitude 29.3333301544
longitude 30.1833305359
location faiyum governorate
Region arab states
year 2005
unique number 1363
description wadi al-hitan, whale valley, in the western desert of egypt, contains invaluable fossil remains of the earliest, and now extinct, suborder of whales, archaeoceti. these fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal. this is the most important site in the world for the demonstration of this stage of evolution. it portrays vividly the form and life of these whales during their transition. the number, concentration and quality of such fossils here is unique, as is their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. the fossils of al-hitan show the youngest archaeocetes, in the last stages of losing their hind limbs. other fossil material in the site makes it possible to reconstruct the surrounding environmental and ecological conditions of the time.
justification criterion (viii): wadi al-hitan is the most important site in the world to demonstrate one of the iconic changes that make up the record of life on earth: the evolution of the whales. it portrays vividly their form and mode of life during their transition from land animals to a marine existence. it exceeds the values of other comparable sites in terms of the number, concentration and quality of its fossils, and their accessibility and setting in an attractive and protected landscape. it accords with key principles of the iucn study on fossil world heritage sites, and represents significant values that are currently absent from the world heritage list.
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3.4 M
Egypt
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29,33 ° × 30,18 °
29 ° 20 ′ 60 ″ N × 30 ° 11 ′ 60 ″ E 		9.678.82 km
357 ° N
Egypt, Al Fayyum Governorate
Sahara Desert / Libyan Desert / Egypt / Western Desert / Al Fayyum Governorate
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