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Dungonab Bay or Dongonab BayDongonab Bay, Sudan - Geographical Names
/ref> ( ar, خليج دونجوناب ''Ḫalīj Dūnjūnāb'') is a body of water on the coastline of
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
on the Red Sea.


Geography

The Dungonab Bay is south-facing and is located 130 km to the north of Port Sudan. Its mid part, the Rawayah Lagoon, is surrounded by coral reefs. Together with Mukkawar Island and Sanganeb (an isolated coral reef), the area was declared the Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park and became a World Heritage Site in 2016.UNESCO - Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
/ref> It has been designated as a protected
Ramsar site A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O) *** Permanent 8 ha (P) *** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts) **


See also

* African Parks Network * List of World Heritage Sites in Africa * List of World Heritage Sites in the Arab States


References


External links


Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay - Mukkawar Island Marine National Park
UNESCO collection on Google Arts and Culture Bays of the Red Sea Bodies of water of Sudan Ramsar sites in Sudan Bays of Africa {{Sudan-geo-stub