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Niumi Biosphere Reserve
Niumi Biosphere Reserve, The Gambia's first UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve, designated July 2024; 1,937 km² on the Gambia River's north bank, 178,000 people, mangroves, Kunta Kinteh Island, adjoining Senegal's Delta de Saloum.
Nivky
Nivky is a neighborhood and park in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, along the Syrets River, best known for Nivky Park, a nationally protected landscape park since 1972.
Noah's Ark (site)
Noah's Ark Hong Kong (挪亞方舟主題公園), opened May 2009 on Ma Wan Island, is a theme park with the world's first full-size replica of the biblical ark, 67 pairs of animal sculptures, and hotel, part of Ma Wan Park.
Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura
Noboribetsu Date Jidaimura (登別伊達時代村), also called Noboribetsu Date Historic Village, is an Edo-period history theme park in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, opened April 23, 1992 by Jidaimura Co., Ltd., with ninja, oiran, and samurai shows.
Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe
Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe (登別マリンパークニクス) is a 1990 aquarium in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, inside Nixe Castle modeled on Denmark's Egeskov Castle, with about 20,000 animals of 400 species, penguin parades, and dolphin shows.
Nodaji Folk Village
Nodaji Folk Village, Nodo Island (노도, Kim Manjung Historic Site), Namhae: island exile site of Joseon writer Kim Manjung from 1689, with Seopo Literature Museum, Folk Museum, ecological pond, and Nodoho ferry access.
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado), formerly Huanchaca National Park, is a 1,523,446-hectare Amazonian park in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, known for the Huanchaca Plateau, cerrado-rainforest ecotone, and the 1997 NKCAP carbon-offset project.
Noeuliissneun Folk Village
Noeuliissneun Folk Village (노을이있는민속촌) is a hanjeongsik dining venue on Geumma-ro, Geumma-myeon, Hongseong County, South Chungcheong, known for boribap and namul dishes.
Nogaysk
Nogaysk (Nogaisk), now Prymorsk, is a town on the Sea of Azov coast of Ukraine, known for Scythian elite kurgans excavated by N.I. Veselovsky in 1887 and for the Nogaysk Early Pleistocene paleontological locality and stratigraphic stage.
Noheda Roman villa
The Noheda Roman villa is a late Roman residence near Cuenca in central Spain, best known for its figurative floor mosaic of more than 230 square meters.
Nolbu Folk Village
Nolbu Folk Village (놀부민속촌) is a theme park in Woryeong-dong, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, named for the greedy brother of the Heungbu and Nolbu folktale; coordinates 35.17881 N, 128.55816 E.
Non nuoc Cao Bang UNESCO Global Geopark
Non Nuoc Cao Bang UNESCO Global Geopark, in Cao Bang Province, northeastern Viet Nam, designated 2018 and revalidated 2022, covers 339,000 ha of tropical karst with Ban Gioc Waterfall, the Thang Hen lakes, and eight Indigenous communities.
Nong Khai Aquarium (Thailand)
Nong Khai Aquarium (พิพิธภัณฑ์สัตว์น้ำจังหวัดหนองคาย), also called Sirindhorn Aquarium, is a university-run aquarium on Khon Kaen University's Nong Khai campus, Thailand, opened 2009, with a 34-metre tunnel and Mekong River fish; the largest aquarium in Isan.
Nonniacus
Nonniacus: ancient Gallic place name, Barrington Atlas map 14 grid G3, tentatively identified with Louignac in the commune of Ayen, Corrèze, France; attested as a Late Roman toponym.
Nonsan Sunshine Land
Nonsan Sunshine Land (선샤인랜드) is a cultural complex in Nonsan, South Korea, built around the set of the drama Mr. Sunshine, with military experience facilities and a 1950s street.
Noosa National Park
Noosa National Park is a national park on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia, protecting the Noosa Headland and coastal land stretching toward Coolum Beach, and home to koalas and glossy black-cockatoos.
Nooto-North Tarawa
Nooto-North Tarawa (Ramsar Site no. 2143) is Kiribati's first Ramsar wetland, designated 3 April 2013: 1,033 hectares of mangrove, mudflat, lagoon, and reef habitats at Nooto village, North Tarawa, protecting green turtles, giant clams, and bonefish.
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (Bassin minier du Nord-Pas de Calais), a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed 2012 in northern France: 109 components over 120 km of coalfield, worked from the 18th century until the last shaft closed in 1990.
Nordenskiöldkysten (protected area)
Nordenskiöldkysten, Ramsar Site no. 1968, is a 42,992-hectare wetland of international importance on Spitsbergen's west coast, Svalbard, designated 12 November 2010 within Nordenskiöld Land national park and managed by the Governor of Svalbard.
Nordenskiöldkysten (region)
Nordenskiöldkysten, a coastal region on western Spitsbergen, Svalbard (about 77°54'N, 13°45'E), named after Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld; Ramsar site no. 1968 and barnacle goose breeding area.
Nordhordland Biosphere Reserve
Nordhordland Biosphere Reserve (Nordhordland biosfæreområde), Norway's first UNESCO biosphere reserve, designated 2019; 669,800 ha between Bergen and Sognefjorden, 8 municipalities, managed by IKS Region Nordhordland.
Norfolk Street
Norfolk Street, Leicester: street west of the River Soar, site of the Norfolk Street or Cherry Orchard Roman corridor villa (mid-2nd to early 5th century), found 1782, excavated 1851, 1868, and 1979-80.
Norimae Park
Norimae Park (노리매공원) is a flower-themed park in Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si, Jeju, opened in 2012 by Hanchang Industry chairman Kim Dong-gyu; its name joins 'play' and 'apricot', and it holds over 1,000 apricot trees and a February blossom festival.
Normandie-Maine UNESCO Global Geopark
Normandie-Maine UNESCO Global Geopark, designated 2024 in northwestern France, is a 265,000-hectare rural territory managed by the Regional Nature Park, recording 600 million years of geology including the Cadomian and Hercynian chains and the Paris Basin.
Noroeste Amotapes-Manglares Biosphere Reserve
The Noroeste Amotapes-Manglares Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de Biosfera del Noroeste Amotapes-Manglares) is a UNESCO biosphere reserve in Tumbes and Piura, Peru, designated in 1977 and expanded in 2016.
North Cascades National Park
North Cascades National Park, established October 2, 1968 by Public Law 90-544, is a roadless wilderness park in northwestern Washington managed with Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas; it holds 312 glaciers, the most glaciated national park outside Alaska.
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden
North Coast Regional Botanic Garden, Coffs Harbour NSW: 20-hectare botanic garden opened 17 September 1988 on a former dump beside Coffs Creek; free entry, over 120,000 visitors yearly, run by City of Coffs Harbour with the Friends volunteers.
North Devon Biosphere Reserve
The North Devon Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO biosphere in South West England, designated in 1976 and centered on Braunton Burrows, England's largest sand-dune system.
North Gate
North Gate, also called the High Street Gate, is the 1327–1342 Grade I listed medieval gatehouse and main city entrance to Salisbury Cathedral Close, Wiltshire, with 17th-century oak gates and a nightly lockup routine.
North Karelia Biosphere Reserve
North Karelia Biosphere Reserve (Pohjois-Karjalan biosfäärialue), Finland's first UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve, established 1992 in easternmost Finland; 790,745 ha of taiga with Koli, Patvinsuo, and Petkeljärvi National Parks, administered by the North Karelia ELY Centre.