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Namibia's Coastal Desert Named Newest World Heritage Site


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Namib Sand Sea

The place we're looking for in Geo Quiz is old but it has a new claim to fame.

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This coastal region in southern Africa has just been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

That means it's considered a natural wonder of the world and one worth protecting.

This region is part of a vast desert that looks out on the Atlantic Ocean.

This desert's been there for roughly 75 million years, so its among the oldest deserts in the world.

The desert region we want you to name is also one of the most sought after tourism destinations in Namibia. That may be because some areas of the remote uninhabited landscape look like the surface of the moon, and because of the dazzling views of the night sky there.

So, can you name this brand-new World Heritage Site in southern Africa?

Theo Wassanaar is an ecologist at Gobabeb, an environmental research organization located at the edge of the Namib Sand Sea, the answer to our Geo Quiz.

UNESCO World Heritage describes the Namib Sand Sea this way:
