Banc d'Arguin National Park
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The Banc d'Arguin National Park of Bay of Arguin lies in Western Africa on the west coast of Mauritania between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou and is the former mouth of the Tamanrasset River. The World He
Banc d'Arguin from orbit, 2019
Fishing boats at Banc d'Arguin
Shell midden several km long and tens of metres high proving an intense prehistoric use of the area
The Raft of the Medusa, Théodore Géricault
Dakhla, Western Sahara
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Dakhla is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, and has been occupied by Morocco since 1979. It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative region Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has
Banc d'Arguin National Park
…maximum 65,000), common redshank (maximum 120,000), and bar-tailed godwit (maximum 500,000). Along with the regions in north such as the Cintra Bay and Dakhla Peninsula, the area is one of the most important wintering grounds for Eurasian spoonbill. Breeding birds include white pelican, reed cormorant, gull-billed tern…
Dakhla, Western Sahara
Early Spanish provisional settlement in the Río de Oro Peninsula during the exploratory works led by Emilio Bonelli (published in January 1885 in La Ilustración Española y Americana).
Mosque in Dakhla, 2009
Windsurfer and the Dragon Island in the background