Lake Turkana National Parks World Heritage Site

Official name

Lake Turkana National Parks | UNESCO

Country

Kenya | Map

Continent

Africa

Location

3.5130° Lat, 36.5036° Lon | Map

Code

801

Time Zone

Africa/Nairobi (EAT, +0300)

Current Time

Category

Natural

Description

Inscribed 1997. The most saline of Africa's large lakes, Turkana is an outstanding laboratory for the study of plant and animal communities. The three National Parks serve as a stopover for migrant waterfowl and are major breeding grounds for the Nile crocodile, hippopotamus and a variety of venomous snakes. The Koobi Fora deposits, rich in mammalian, molluscan and other fossil remains, have contributed more to the understanding of paleo-environments than any other site on the continent.