The Mahabodhi Temple, also called the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. It is a restored Buddhist temple that marks the place where the Buddha is believed to have reached enlightenment. Bodh Gaya is 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) from Gaya and about 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Patna.
Macquarie Island is a subantarctic island in the south-western Pacific Ocean, located about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. It has been part of Tasmania, Australia, since 1880. In 1978, it became a Tasmanian State Reserve, and in 1997, it was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Lviv’s Old Town (Ukrainian: Старе Місто Львова, written in Latin letters: Stare Misto L’vova; Polish: Stare Miasto we Lwowie) is the historic center of the city of Lviv, located in the Lviv province of Ukraine. It was recognized as a State Historic-Architectural Reserve in 1975.
The Lut Desert (Persian: دشت لوت, written in the Persian language as Dasht-e Lut, which means “Plain of Emptiness”) is a desert with large areas of salt flats and sand dunes located in the Kerman and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces of Iran. It is the 33rd-largest desert in the world and was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List on July 17, 2016. The name comes from the Persian words “Lut,” meaning “bare or empty,” and “dasht,” meaning “plain.” The sand’s surface has reached temperatures as high as 70.7 °C (159.3 °F), which is the highest recorded temperature on land.
Lumbinī (pronounced [ˈlumbiniː], “the lovely”) is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. According to sacred texts and Buddhist commentaries, Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini around 563 BCE. Siddhartha Gautama reached Enlightenment and became Shakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: शाक्यमुनि बुद्ध, “the Enlightened Sage of the Śākyas”), who founded Buddhism.
The Omo River (Amharic: ኦሞ ወንዝ, romanized: Omo Wenz; also called Omo-Bottego) is the largest river in southern Ethiopia that is not part of the Nile Basin. It flows entirely within Ethiopia and empties into Lake Turkana, which is located on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya. The river is the main water source for the Turkana Basin, a region that does not drain into the ocean.
Los Katíos National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural (PNN) Los Katíos) is a protected area in northwest Colombia. It covers about 720 square kilometers (280 square miles). The park’s elevation ranges from 50 to 600 meters (160 to 1,970 feet).
Los Glaciares National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a protected area managed by the government in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. The park covers an area of 726,927 hectares (7,269.27 square kilometers; 2,806.68 square miles), making it the largest national park in the country. It was created on May 11, 1937, and includes a variety of plant and animal life from the Magellanic subpolar forest and the west Patagonian steppe, which are well preserved.
Los Alerces National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Los Alerces) is located in the Andes mountains in Chubut Province, part of the Patagonian region of Argentina. Its western edge is along the border with Chile. Over time, glaciers have shaped the land, forming features like moraines, glacial cirques, and clear, freshwater lakes.
Lorentz National Park is an Indonesian national park located in the provinces of Central Papua, Highland Papua, and South Papua, in the southwest of western New Guinea. It covers an area of 25,056 square kilometers (9,674 square miles) and is the largest national park in Southeast Asia. In 1999, Lorentz was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.