<< Other Photo Pages >> Yungang Grottoes - Sculptured Stone in China
Submitted by durhamnature on Thursday, 24 January 2013 Page Views: 6677
Multi-periodSite Name: Yungang GrottoesCountry: China
NOTE: This site is 11.296 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Datong
Latitude: 40.109722N Longitude: 113.158400E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
Internal Links:
External Links:
Rock-cut Buddhist temples in China, one of the top three Buddhist sculpture sites in China. There are 252 caves, with 51,000 statues and carvings of Buddha.
They were mainly created in the 5th and 6th centuries AD.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the areaKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
276.2km E 94° National Museum of China* Museum
279.4km E 94° Beijing Ancient Observatory* Museum
285.0km WNW 294° Great Wall of Qin Misc. Earthwork
291.4km E 82° Great Wall Of Yan* Misc. Earthwork
356.5km SSE 161° Xiqianliu Burial Chamber or Dolmen
457.6km SSE 167° Ancient City of Anyang Ancient Village or Settlement
516.9km SE 143° Great Wall of Qi* Misc. Earthwork
537.9km SE 128° Chenzhuang Ruins Ancient Village or Settlement
578.2km SE 128° Linzi* Ancient Village or Settlement
600.9km S 185° White Horse Temple* Ancient Temple
603.7km S 184° Erlitou Ancient Village or Settlement
606.8km WSW 253° Shui Dong Gou Ancient Village or Settlement
608.2km S 186° Longshan Neolithic Site Ancient Village or Settlement
608.7km S 186° Luoyang Museum* Museum
620.7km S 186° Longmen Caves* Sculptured Stone
723.3km SSW 210° Terracotta Army* Artificial Mound
731.5km SSW 212° An Ling Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
732.0km SSW 212° Yang Ling Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
733.0km SSW 212° Chinese Pyramid (53) Pyramid / Mastaba
735.7km SSW 212° Chang Ling Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
735.8km SSW 212° Lühou Ling Pyramid Pyramid / Mastaba
737.5km SSW 212° Chinese Pyramid (52) Pyramid / Mastaba
737.6km SSW 212° Chinese Pyramid (51) Pyramid / Mastaba
738.6km SSW 212° Chinese Pyramid (50) Pyramid / Mastaba
738.8km SSW 212° Chinese Pyramid (49) Pyramid / Mastaba
View more nearby sites and additional images