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Yalburt Hittite sanctuary
Yalburt Hittite sanctuary: Late Bronze Age sacred pool monument of Tudhaliya IV near Ilgın, Konya, with a long Hieroglyphic Luwian royal inscription recounting campaigns against the Lukka lands and Wiyanawanda.
Yale Bowl
The Yale Bowl, home to the Yale Bulldogs, is a historic football stadium in New Haven, Connecticut. Opened in 1914, it was the first American venue with completely surrounding seating.
Yalgorup National Park
Yalgorup National Park, Western Australia: 13,140 ha park between Mandurah and Bunbury with ten Ramsar-listed lakes, home to the 2,000-year-old living thrombolites of Lake Clifton.
Yam Carmel
Yam Carmel (ים כרמל) is an adventure park and outdoor events venue in Ofer Forest, Hof HaCarmel, Israel, between Zichron Yaakov and Haifa, known for its 1-km mountain slide, dry tube bobsled, 100-m zip line, ropes course, and sea-view wedding amphitheater.
Yama Jigoku Zoo
山地獄 (Yama Jigoku, Mountain Hell zoo) was a small hot-spring-heated zoo in Beppu, Oita, next to Umi Jigoku; it kept capybara, goats, peacocks, and formerly hippos, left the Beppu Jigoku Association, and has permanently closed.
Yamit 2000
Yamit 2000 (Yamit Spark, ימית 2000) is a large water park and spa in Holon, Israel, opened 1991 on 70 dunams with 26 slides, 4 pools, separate-swimming days, and NIS 154 full admission.
Yanaka Cemetery
Yanaka Cemetery (Yanaka Reien) is a Tokyo Metropolitan public cemetery in the Yanaka district of Taitō ward, opened in 1874, holding about 7,000 graves including the last shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Yancheng Biosphere Reserve
Yancheng Biosphere Reserve (盐城) is a 459,000 ha coastal wetland UNESCO MAB site in Jiangsu, China, designated 1992, Ramsar 2002, World Heritage 2019; largest wintering ground of the red-crowned crane on the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Yanchep National Park
Yanchep National Park, near Perth, Western Australia: a ~2,800 ha park with Loch McNess wetlands, limestone caves with a threatened aquatic root mat community, koala viewing, and a 1930s heritage resort precinct.
Yangambi Biosphere Reserve
Yangambi Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO Man and Biosphere site in Tshopo Province, DRC, about 100 km west of Kisangani; created 1939, designated 1977, roughly 225,000–235,000 ha of semi-deciduous Congo Basin rainforest and a leading tropical research site.
Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark
Yangan-Tau UNESCO Global Geopark (Янган-Тау), Russia's first UNESCO Global Geopark, in Salavat District, Bashkortostan; 1,774 km2, known for the Yangantau geothermal anomaly and the Mechetlino Kungurian GSSP candidate.
Yanggusaengtae Florist
Yanggusaengtae Florist (Yanggu Eco-Botanical Garden, 양구생태식물원, now Yanggu Arboretum) is a 2004 public botanical garden in Yanggu, Gangwon, South Korea, near the DMZ, holding over 400 rare plants across 189,141 m².
Yanghe Shennong Times cultural tourism area
Yanghe Shennong Times cultural tourism area (神农时代文化旅游区), also called Yanghe Agricultural Carnival, is a 567-mu national 4A agricultural theme park in Yanghe New District, Suqian, Jiangsu, with eight theme halls, 1,300 plant and animal varieties, and liquor-culture theming.
Yangju Natural Ecology Center
양주자연생태관 (Yangju Natural Ecology Center, 楊州 自然 生態館) is a zoo-type ecology center in Gwangjeok-myeon, Yangju, South Korea, opened 2014; the first Korean center focused on native wild animals, with 80-plus species, 200-plus animals, and school-linked education programs.
Yangquan Memory 1947 Cultural Park
Yangquan Memory 1947 Cultural Park (阳泉记忆·1947文化园) is a free-admission culture and tourism park in Yangquan, Shanxi, built on the former 1946 Yangquan Water Pump Factory site, commemorating Yangquan's 1947 founding as the CCP's first people's city, with a national 4A rating and about 2.8 million visitors since 2022.
Yanji Dinosaur Kingdom
延吉恐龙王国 (Yanji Dinosaur Kingdom, 연길공룡왕국) is a dinosaur-culture theme park in Yanji, Jilin, China, opened 12 July 2022 by Jindou Group with 2.6 billion yuan invested across four venues and five themed zones on about 50 hectares.
Yanjiao Botanical Garden
Yanjiao Botanical Garden (燕郊植物园), a comprehensive urban botanical garden on Yingbin Road, Sanhe, Langfang, Hebei, near Beijing; about 1,070 mu, renovated from 2004 with a 170-million-yuan plan, seasonal lakes, science hall, and a garden for blind visitors.
Yanka Kupala Museum-Estate
Музей-сядзіба Янкі Купалы (Yanka Kupala museum-estate), Vyazynka, Belarus: branch of the State Literary Museum of Yanka Kupala on the folwark where the poet was born in 1882; buildings restored 1972.
Yanqihu Amusement Park
Yanqihu Amusement Park (雁栖湖公园) was a theme park on Yanqi Lake, Huairou District, Beijing, with water and land rides inside the 4A Yanqi Lake Scenic Area; it closed in 2026 and the site reopened as a free waterfront park.
Yanqing UNESCO Global Geopark
Yanqing UNESCO Global Geopark (延庆联合国教科文组织世界地质公园), "Where dinosaurs once walked", is a geopark in northwestern Beijing, China, designated in 2015, known for Yanshanian dinosaur footprints, silicified wood, North-China-type karst, and the Great Wall at Badaling.
Yao Garden
Yao Garden, a Japanese-style garden at Bellevue Botanical Garden, Washington, honoring Bellevue's sister city Yao, Japan; established 1971 at Kelsey Creek Park, relocated 1992, opened 1994, with a Sukiya-style gate.
yApayaos Biosphere Reserve
yApayaos Biosphere Reserve (BRyA), Biosphere Reserve of the yApayaos, a 395,974.56 ha UNESCO biosphere reserve covering Apayao province, northwestern Luzon, Philippines; designated July 5, 2024 as the Philippines' fourth biosphere reserve, home to the Philippine eagle and the Isnag Lapat system.
Yarchester
Yarchester Roman Villa: minor Romano-British corridor villa near Harley, Shropshire, occupied c. AD 200 to mid-4th century, excavated 1955-62 by W.A. Silvester, with mosaics paralleled at Verulamium and Cirencester; scheduled monument 1002934.
Yeavering Bell
Yeavering Bell: twin-peaked Cheviot hill in Northumberland, 355m OD, site of the county's largest Iron Age hillfort, 5.6ha, 125 roundhouse platforms; below it lies Ad Gefrin, Edwin's 7th-century palace.
Yedikilise
Yedikilise (Varagavank, Վարագավանք, Seven Churches) was an Armenian Apostolic monastery 9 km southeast of Van, Turkey, on Mount Erek; founded around a relic of the True Cross, it flourished under Abbot Khrimian from 1857 and was looted and burned in 1915, remaining an unrestored ruin.
Yehliu Ocean World
Yehliu Ocean World (野柳海洋世界) is a marine animal amusement park and aquarium beside Yehliu Geopark in New Taipei City, Taiwan, opened in 1981 and known for dolphin shows.
Yehuda Naftali Botanic Garden
Yehuda Naftali Botanic Garden (הגן הבוטני ע״ש יהודה נפתלי), Tel Aviv University's botanical garden, founded early 1970s, renamed 2019 for donor Yehuda Naftali; 34,000 sq m, ~3,800 species, endangered-plant shelter.
Yell Extreme Park
Yell Extreme Park, adventure park in Yenokavan, Tavush, Armenia, opened 2014; 1,500 m canyon zipline, five lines, via ferrata, rope park, off-road tours, horseback riding; run with Apaga Resort, about 150 km from Yerevan.
Yellowstone - Grand Teton Biosphere Reserve
The Yellowstone - Grand Teton Biosphere Reserve is a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere reserve covering Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks in northwest Wyoming, designated in 1976.
Yellowstone fires of 1988
The Yellowstone fires of 1988 were a series of wildfires that burned about 1.4 million acres in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem between June and September 1988, prompting a national review of fire policy.