Gilf Kebir National Park

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Gilf Kebir National Park is a remote, rugged desert wilderness in southwestern Egypt known for its dramatic sandstone plateaus, prehistoric rock art, and archaeological sites.

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Label Occurrences
Gilf Kebir National Park canonical 4

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national park ⓘ
access difficult ⓘ
requires off-road vehicles ⓘ
ArabicName الجبال الكبيرة (al-Gilf al-Kebir) ⓘ
linked to: Gilf Kebir plateau
biodiversity adapted desert fauna ⓘ
sparse desert vegetation ⓘ
borderProximity Libya ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
climate hot desert climate ⓘ
hyper-arid ⓘ
contains Cave of Beasts ⓘ
Cave of Swimmers ⓘ
Gilf Kebir Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Gilf Kebir plateau

Great Sand Sea (portion) ⓘ
linked to: Great Sand Sea

Wadi Sura ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
sand dunes ⓘ
wadis ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
ecosystem Sahara Desert ecosystem ⓘ
hasRockArtFrom Neolithic period ⓘ
prehistoric period ⓘ
knownAs Gilf Kebir ⓘ
linked to: Gilf Kebir plateau
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Libyan Desert ⓘ
Southwestern Egypt ⓘ
Western Desert ⓘ
notableFor archaeological sites ⓘ
prehistoric rock art ⓘ
remote wilderness ⓘ
rugged landscape ⓘ
partOf New Valley Governorate ⓘ
protectionStatus Egyptian national protected area system ⓘ
rockArtDepicts animals ⓘ
human figures ⓘ
possible swimming scenes ⓘ
terrain desert ⓘ
sandstone plateau ⓘ
usedFor adventure tourism ⓘ
archaeological research ⓘ
desert expeditions ⓘ
geological research ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Great Sand Sea → hasNearbySite → Gilf Kebir National Park ⓘ
Cave of Swimmers → locatedInProtectedArea → Gilf Kebir National Park ⓘ
Gilf Kebir plateau → protectedStatus → Gilf Kebir National Park ⓘ
Wadi Sura → partOf → Gilf Kebir National Park ⓘ