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Gorée Island
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Round stone Fort d'Estrees stands on a sandy shore lined with palm trees on Goree Island, Senegal, with ocean water in the foreground. Gorée Island Curved twin staircases lead to the upper level of a pinkish-red slave house on Goree Island, Senegal, with arched doorways and a sandy courtyard below. Small boats are moored in the clear, shallow harbor of Goree Island, Dakar, with colorful colonial buildings and palm trees along the waterfront. Alex Haley Gorée Island, Senegal
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Island, New Caledonia.
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Mount Kenya in Mount Kenya National Park is the highest mountain in Africa. UNESCO World Heritage Site. Giant Lobelia in foreground. (Mt. Kenya; Mt. Kenya National Park; mountains; rugged mountain; African geography, African landscape, stratovolcano)
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Type Description Contributor Date
Replaced photograph. Aug 27, 2015
Add new Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Island of Gor�e. Jan 19, 2012
Added photograph. Nov 08, 2011
handled for the cross-ref removal 12 - 19 clusters Mar 18, 2010
Article revised. Apr 06, 2005
Article revised. Dec 03, 2004
Article revised. Dec 07, 2001
Article revised. Jan 12, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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