Sibiloi National Park

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Sibiloi National Park is a remote Kenyan national park on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana, renowned for its fossil-rich Koobi Fora region and significant paleoanthropological discoveries.

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Sibiloi National Park canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
area about 1,570 square kilometres ⓘ
associatedWith Lake Turkana Basin paleoanthropological research ⓘ
borderedBy Lake Turkana ⓘ
climate hot and arid ⓘ
contains Koobi Fora Museum ⓘ
linked to: Koobi Fora

Koobi Fora region ⓘ
linked to: Koobi Fora
country Kenya ⓘ
designationPurpose conservation of wildlife ⓘ
protection of fossil sites ⓘ
ecosystem savanna ⓘ
semi-desert ⓘ
established 1973 ⓘ
fauna Grant's gazelle ⓘ
Grevy's zebra ⓘ
Nile crocodile ⓘ
beisa oryx ⓘ
linked to: Oryx

cheetah ⓘ
greater kudu ⓘ
hippopotamus ⓘ
leopard ⓘ
lion ⓘ
flora acacia trees ⓘ
desert shrubs ⓘ
governingBody Kenya Wildlife Service ⓘ
hasAccess by road from North Horr and Loiyangalani ⓘ
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor Koobi Fora fossil deposits ⓘ
linked to: Koobi Fora

early hominin fossils ⓘ
paleoanthropological discoveries ⓘ
rich vertebrate fossil beds ⓘ
locatedIn Eastern shore of Lake Turkana ⓘ
linked to: Lake Turkana

Marsabit County ⓘ
Northern Kenya ⓘ
nearestCity Lodwar ⓘ
nearestTown Loiyangalani ⓘ
notableFor evidence of early human evolution ⓘ
partOf Lake Turkana National Parks ⓘ
region East Africa ⓘ
researchField geology ⓘ
paleoanthropology ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (viii) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1997 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Turkana → protectedArea → Sibiloi National Park ⓘ
Northern Kenya → hasTourismAttraction → Sibiloi National Park ⓘ
Lake Turkana National Parks → hasPart → Sibiloi National Park ⓘ