Cousteau
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Belize Barrier Reef | Great Blue Hole: This site was made famous by Jacques Cousteau, who declared it one of the top five scuba diving sites in the world. In 1971 he brought his ship, the Calypso, to the hole to chart its depths. | |
| Central Amazon Conservation Complex | 1983 | |
| Cocos Island | "oceanographer Jacques Cousteau visited the island several times and in 1994 called it "the most beautiful island in the world"" (wiki) | |
| Galapagos Islands | 1971 | |
| Gulf of California | Jacques Cousteau Island | |
| Lagoons of New Caledonia | 1973 | |
| Lake Baikal | 1997 | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Cousteau received a ceremony of national hommage at Les Invalides after his death. | |
| Rapa Nui | 1978 | |
| Sanganeb | maiden voyage of the Calypso (Bradt travel guide) | |
| Ujung Kulon National Park | 1991 | |
| Uluru | 1988 |
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Do you know of another WHS we could connect to Cousteau?
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