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<< Other Photo Pages >> Karadong - Ancient Village or Settlement in China

Submitted by durhamnature on Thursday, 14 February 2013  Page Views: 3102

Multi-periodSite Name: Karadong Alternative Name: Aktiken
Country: China Type: Ancient Village or Settlement

Latitude: 38.533333N  Longitude: 81.870833E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Karadong
Karadong submitted by durhamnature : One of Stein's photos, via archive.org Site in China (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in China

Ancient settlement in the Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, western China. Abandoned due to climate change and increasing desertification.

Explored by Aurel Stein around 1900.

Lat-long reference is from "List of Archaeological Sites of the Taklamakan and Lop Desert" on Wikipedia.

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Karadong
Karadong submitted by durhamnature : Grainy old photo, from "Sand buried ruins....." via archive.org Site in China (Vote or comment on this photo)

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