🏞️ Wakhan National Park

Afghanistan · Asia · 36.80°N, 72.30°E

Quick facts

Country	Afghanistan
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	36.80°N, 72.30°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	4,097 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+4:45 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 01:36, sets 12:13 — 10 h 37 min of daylight

Wakhan National Park is located in Afghanistan, in Asia.

Closest protected areas

Zorkul Nature Reserve — 151 km away, in Tajikistan
Tajik National Park — 216 km away, in Tajikistan
Dashti-Jum Nature Reserve — 217 km away, in Tajikistan
Rangkul Valley Important Bird Area — 249 km away, in Tajikistan
Astore Wildlife Sanctuary — 249 km away, in Pakistan

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More protected areas in Afghanistan

Hashmat Khan Lake.

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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