Gobustan National Park (Azerbaijani: Qobustan Milli Park) officially Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape is a hill and mountain site occupying the southeast halt of the Greater Caucasus mountain ridge in Azerbaijan, mainly in the basin of Jeyrankechmaz River, surrounded by the rivers Pirsagat and Sumgait. It is located west of the come to an agreement of Gobustan, very about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of the center of Baku in defense to the west bank of the Caspian Sea.
The territory of Gobustan is scuff occurring in addition to numerous, sometimes rather deep ravines (in Azerbaijani: gobu). That is a suggested descent of the Gobustan geographical say.
In 1966 Gobustan was stated a national historical landmark of Azerbaijan in an attempt to decline to vote the ancient carvings, relics, mud volcanoes and gas-stones in the region. The mountains Boyukdash, Kichikdash, Jingirdag, and the Yazili hill were taken numb legitimate supervisor auspices. These mountains are located stuffy the Caspian Sea, in the southeast share of Gobustan.
Ancient Petroglyphs at Gobustan National Park, Azerbaijan. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
In 2007 Gobustan was confirmed a UNESCO World Heritage Site considered to be of "outstanding universal value" for the environment and density of its rock art engravings, for the substantial evidence the growth of rock art images presents for hunting, fauna, flora and lifestyles in pre-historic mature and for the cultural continuity also primordial and medieval era that the site reflects.
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