Senegal

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Image of Fadiouth Shell Island located in Joal-Fadiout, Senegal | (Flickr/ho visto nina volare)
Joal-Fadiout, Senegal

Fadiouth Shell Island

Island and Christian cemetery made out of shells

Each step you take in Fadiouth is accompanied by a muted crunching of hundreds of clam shells. Streets are covered in layer after layer, and the entire island is built on these millions of shells... »

Anomalous Islands, Geological Oddities | Edited by serflac and atimian

Image of The Great Green Wall of Africa located in Region de Dakar, Senegal | A tree in the border regions near the Sahara
Region de Dakar, Senegal

The Great Green Wall of Africa

4,700 miles of trees holding back the desert

The Great Wall of China was built over a millennium to ward off nomadic raiders. With Africa's farmlands threatened by an enemy more pernicious than any Mongolian horde, Senegal is leading a... »

Horticultural Marvels | Edited by A Facebook user and atimian

Image of Cap Manuel's Abandoned Bunker located in Dakar, Senegal | (LaTortueNoire/Atlas Obscura)
Dakar, Senegal

Cap Manuel's Abandoned Bunker

Perched on top of a high cliff in Senegal, this abandoned bunker looks out over the Atlantic

First person account from Atlas Obscura user La Tortue Noire: "The man shakes his head and puts his arm in front of his eyes. The answer is clear, he doesn’t want me to take a close picture of... »

Natural Wonders | Edited by LaTortueNoire, Nicholas Jackson and others

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