Top 100 Proposed Photographic Sites for Space Photography
Note:Single coordinates imply a small site. Where two
coordinates are given,these are the NW and SE corners of a rectangle. Where
a series of coordinates are given, a polygon is described.
High Priority
| South Africa - Drakensberg (Lesotho-Transkei sector)(polygon) | 28.5S 28.5E, 29.2S 30E, 31.3S 28E, 29.8S 27E |
| South Africa - Cape Point | 34.3S 18.5E |
| South Africa - Table Mountain | 34S 18.5E |
| South Africa - Robben Island | 33.8S 18.5 |
| South Africa - St Lucia Wetlands | 28S 32.5E |
| South Africa - Kimberley, Big Hole | 28.8S 24.8E |
| South Africa - Kruger National Park | 22.5S 30.8E, 25.5S 32E |
| South Africa - Augrabies Waterfall | 28.3S 20.25E |
| South Africa - Pretoria, Union Buildings | 25.7S 28.2E |
| South Africa - Soweto | 26.3S 28E |
| South Africa - Kalahari (polygon) | 21S 20E, 21S 29E, 28S 24.2E, 28S 20E |
| South Africa - Wilderness Forest (Knysna Forest??) | 34S 23E |
| South Africa - Soutpansberg | 22.7S 29E, 23.1S 30.3E |
| South Africa - Vredefort meteor impact | 26.8S 27.3E |
| South Africa - Witbank air pollution | 25.5S 28.5E,26.3S 29.5E |
| South Africa - Amatola Mts (added) | 32.5S 27E |
| Namibia - Namib Desert) (polygon) | 22S 14E, 22S 15.3E, 29S 17.8E, 29S 15.3E |
| Namibia - Skeleton Coast) (polygon) | 17.5S 11.2E, 17.5S 12.4E, 21S 14.7E, 21S 13.2E |
| Namibia - Fish River Canyon | 27.8S 17.5E |
| Zimbabwe - Victoria Falls | 17.9S 25.9E |
| Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe Ruins (next to Kyle Dam) | 20.2S 30.9E |
| Botswana - Okavango Delta | 18.3S 21.8E,20.9S 24.3E |
| Botswana - Makgadikgadi Plains | 20.3S 24.3E, 21.4S 26.4E |
| Malawi - Lake Malawi | 9.5S 33.9E, 14.3S 35.2E |
| Kenya - Great Rift Valley , three sectors | |
| North (Lake Turkana) | 5N 35.6E, 2N 37E |
| Central | 2N 35.8E, 0S 36.5E |
| South | 0S 35.5E, 2.8S 36.7E |
| Tanzania - Kilamanjaro | 3S 37.4E |
| Tanzania - Serengeti/Ngorongoro (N of Eyasi and Manyara) | 2.5S 34.5E, 3.4S 35.8E |
| Tanzania - Serengeti (combined with Serengeti) |
| Tanzania - Zanzibar | 6S 39.5E |
| Ethiopia - Churches of Lalibela | 12N 39E |
| Egypt - Pyramids of Giza | 30.1N,31.1E |
| Egypt - Valley of the Kings | 25.75N 32.5E |
| Egypt - Nile Delta | 31.5N 29.6E,30N 32.5E |
| Egypt - Suez Canal (combined with Nile Delta #32) |
| Israel - Jerusalem | 31.8N 35.1E |
| Saudi Arabia - Mecca, The Kaaba | 21.5N 39.75E |
| India - Agra, Taj Mahal | 27.2N 78E |
| Cambodia - Angkor Wat (N of Tonle Sap) | 13.3N 103.9E |
| China - Great Wall of China (CUT,use Genghis Khan's wall) | 49.5N 114E,48.8N 117E |
| Nepal - Mount Everest | 28N 86.9E |
| Russia - Moscow, Red Square | 55.8N 37.6E |
| Russia - Moscow, Kremlin (combined with Red Square) |
| Kazakhstan - Baikonor | 45.8N 63E |
Additional
| Indonesia, Java Island,Borobudur Temple | 7.6S 110.1E |
| Philippines, Luzon Island, The Banaue Rice Terraces | 16.8N 121E |
| Japan, Mount Fuji | 35.3N 138.7E | | America, Niagara Falls (High) | 43N 79W |
| America, New York City (High) | 40.75N 74W |
| America, Yellowstone National Park (High) | 45N 111W, 44N 111W |
| America, Rocky Mountains (High) (no polygon necessary) | |
| America, Grand Canyon (High) | 37N 114W, 35.7N 111.4W |
| America, San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge (High) | 37.8N 122.5W |
| Canada, Toronto, the CN Tower | 43.7N 79.5W |
| Mexico, Mexico City - Great Aztec Pyramid | 19.4N 99.2W |
| Mexico, Palenque, The Temple of Inscriptions | 17.6N 92W |
| Mexico, Paricutin Volcano | 19.5N 102.2W |
| Border of Brazil and Argentina, Iguacu Falls | 25.5S 54W |
| Venezuela, Angel falls | 6N 62.6W |
| Peru, Machu Picchu | 13.1S 72.5W |
| Guatemala, The Mayan Temples at Tikal | 17.2N 89.6W |
| Chile, Easter Islands , Rapa Nui | 27S 109.3W |
| Brazil, Amazon Delta | 0.5S 52W,2S 48W |
| Peru, Lake Titikaka | 15S 70.4W, 16.5S 68.5W |
| Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Sugar Loaf | 23S 43.2W |
| Australia, Ayers Rock | 25.25S 130.9E |
| Australia, Sydney, Sydney Opera House | 33.8S 151.2E |
| Australia, Great Barrier Reef (High) (polygon) | 10.5S 141.5E, 10.5S 144E, 22S 154E, 25S 154E, 25S 152E |
| France, Paris, Eiffel Tower | 48.8N 2.3E |
| France, Paris, Louvre (combined with Eiffel Tower) | |
| France, Mont Saint-Michel | 48.7N 1.5W |
| Italy, Vatican, St Peters Cathedral | 41.9N 12.5E |
| Italy, Rome, Coliseum (combined with St Peters) | |
| England, London, Millennium Dome | 51.5N 0E |
| England, Stonehenge | 51.25N 1.9W |
| Greece, Athens, The Parthenon | 38N 23.7E |
| Spain, Bilbao, Museum of Modern Art | 43.2N 3W |
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