Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve
Aïr and Ténéré Natural Reserve is in Northern Niger. Made up of the eastern half of the Aïr Mountains and the western sections of the Ténéré desert, it's Africa's largest protected area and UNESCO World Heritage Site. View from Sahara to the Aïr Mountains…Photo: Jacques Taberlet, CC BY 3.0.
Photo: Jacques Taberlet, CC BY 3.0.
Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve
- Type: Protected area
- Description: nature reserve in Niger
- Category: nature reserve
- Location: Northern Niger, Niger, Sahel, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.9599° or 18° 57' 36" northLongitude
9.5062° or 9° 30' 23" eastOpen Location Code
7FCFXG54+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 39226060Wikidata ID
Q794643Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: المحمية الطبيعية الوطنية آير وتينيري
- Arabic: محميتا الأيير والتينيري الطبيعيتين
- Avaric: Tuwavaxo ke Aïr is Ténéré
- Azerbaijani: Air və Tenere milli təbiət qoruğu
- Catalan: Reserves naturals de l'Aïr i del Ténéré
- Cebuano: Air and Tenere National Nature Reserve
- Chinese: 阿德尔和泰内雷自然保护区
- Czech: Aïr
- Czech: Přírodní rezervace Aïr
- Dagbani: Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
- Danish: Aïr og Ténéré naturreservat
- Dutch: Natuurreservaat Aïr en Ténéré
- Egyptian Arabic: المحميه الطبيعيه الوطنيه اير وتينيرى
- English: Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
- Esperanto: Naturprotektejo Aïr kaj Ténéré
- Fanti: Aïr na Ténéré Ɔman Ɔdomankoma abɔdze Korabea
- Finnish: Aïrin ja Ténérén luonnonsuojelualue
- French: Réserve naturelle de l'Aïr et du Ténéré
- French: Réserves naturelles de l'Aïr et du Ténéré
- French: réserves naturelles de l'Aïr et du Ténéré
- Galician: Reservas naturais de Aïr e de Teneré
- German: Naturschutzgebiet Aïr und Ténéré
- Hausa: Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
- Hausa: Cibiyar Ajiya ta Aïr da Ténéré
- Indonesian: Cagar Alam Nasional Aïr dan Ténéré
- Italian: riserva naturale Aïr-Ténéré
- Japanese: アイル・テネレ自然保護区
- Kotava: Tuwavaxo ke Aïr is Ténéré
- Maltese: Riżervi Naturali ta' Air u ta' Ténéré
- Mossi: Aïr and Ténéré National Nature Reserve
- Norwegian: Aïr og Ténéré naturreservat
- Norwegian Bokmål: Aïr og Ténéré naturreservat
- Persian: ذخیرهگاه طبیعی ایر و تنره
- Portuguese: Reserva Natural de Aïr e Ténéré
- Russian: Аир и Тенере
- Russian: Заповедник Аир и Тенере
- Russian: Национальный резерват Аир и Тенере
- Spanish: Reservas naturales del Air y el Tenere
- Spanish: Reservas naturales del Air y el Teneré
- Swahili: Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Mazingira ya Aïr na Ténéré
- Swedish: Ténéré naturreservat
- Turkish: Aïr ve Ténéré Ulusal Doğa Koruma Alanı
- Twi: Aïr ne Ténéré Ɔman Abɔde a Wɔkora So
- Vietnamese: Khu bảo tồn thiên nhiên quốc gia Aïr và Ténéré
- Riserva naturale Aïr-Ténéré
Localities in the Area
- ArakaoLocality, 10 km east
- InfaraHamlet, 15 km west
- IssaouaneHamlet, 18 km northwest
- IngalHamlet, 25 km west
- AzangnerissHamlet, 29 km southwest
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Air and Ténéré Natural Reserve. Photo: Jacques Taberlet, CC BY 3.0.