HERITAGE RECORD · 185

Aldabra Atoll

阿尔达布拉环礁

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

World Heritage record

The atoll is comprised of four large coral islands which enclose a shallow lagoon; the group of islands is itself surrounded by a coral reef. Due to difficulties of access and the atoll's isolation, Aldabra has been protected from human influence and thus retains some 152,000 giant tortoises, the world's largest population of this reptile.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ272768 ↗

Area155.4 ha

Administrative areaQ1042

WikipediaAldabra ↗

Chinese Wikipedia阿尔达布拉环礁 ↗

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(vii)Superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.

(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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