Yellow Sea Bird Sanctuaries
Also known as Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I), Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criterion (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
China
Inscribed
2019
Area
188,643 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Yellow Sea Bird Sanctuaries is about 100 km south-east of Yancheng. The nearest other World Heritage site is Classical Gardens of Suzhou, about 180 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Yancheng · about 839,000 peopleabout 100 km north-west
- Nantong · about 947,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Taizhou · about 612,000 peopleabout 120 km south-west
- Yangzhou · about 540,000 peopleabout 160 km west
- Changzhou · about 1,327,000 peopleabout 160 km south-west
- Wuxi · about 1,749,000 peopleabout 160 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
ChinaCultural182 km away
ChinaCultural298 km away
ChinaCultural306 km away
ChinaCultural311 km away
ChinaMixed413 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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