Ayers Rock, Australia’s Most Recognisable Natural Icon



Ayers Rock, also called Uluru by the Aborigines of Australia, is located in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It is a large sandstone rock formation that protrude in the earth’s surface.

Ayers Rock is one of Australia’s most recognisable natural icons. It stands 348 meter but most of its bulk is below the ground, and measures 9.4 km in circumference.

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The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Most Beautiful Natural Harbor



The natural harbor of Rio de Janeiro is located in the south-western shore of the Guanabara Bay in Brazil. It has been named as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. The dark blue waters of the harbor are studded with rocky mountains, the best known of which is the Sugar Loaf Mountain.

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Lagoons of New Caledonia, World’s Third Largest Coral Reef Structure



Located in New Caledonia in the South Pacific, the Lagoons of New Caledonia is composed of six marine clusters that represent the main diversity of coral reefs and associated ecosystems in the French Pacific Ocean archipelago of New Caledonia. It’s the third largest coral reef structure in the world.

The lagoons features an exceptional diversity of coral and fish species and a continuum of habitats from mangroves to seagrasses. It display intact ecosystems, with healthy populations of large predators, and a great number and diversity of big fish. The reef systems provide habitat to a number of threatened fish, turtles, and marine mammals, including the third largest population of dugongs in the world. These Lagoons are of exceptional natural beauty, and contain reefs of varying age from living reefs to ancient fossil reefs, providing an important source of information on the natural history of Oceania.

Lagoons of New Caledonia

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