swap_horiz Venice Lagoon Alternatives

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iSimangaliso (Lake St. Lucia)

iSimangaliso Wetland Park encompasses Lake St. Lucia, a significant South African lagoon within the Indian Ocean. This v...

South Africa Coastal World Heritage Estuary

9.3 Excellent

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Laguna Ojo de Liebre

Laguna Ojo de Liebre is a coastal lagoon located in Baja California Sur, Mexico. It’s notable for being a critical breed...

Coastal Mexico Whale Watching World Heritage

9.1 Excellent

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Butrint Lagoon

Butrint Lagoon is a coastal lagoon in southern Albania, located within Butrint National Park and adjacent to the UNESCO...

Historic Coastal Ionian World Heritage

8.4 Great

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Mar Menor

Mar Menor is a large saltwater lagoon located in the Region of Murcia in southeastern Spain. It is separated from the Me...

Spain Coastal Mediterranean Ecology

8.2 Great

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Étang de Thau

Étang de Thau is a large coastal lagoon in the Hérault department of southern France, situated along the Mediterranean c...

France Coastal Mediterranean Languedoc

8.1 Great

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Mesolonghi Lagoon

The Mesolonghi Lagoon is part of an extensive complex of shallow lagoons, wetlands, salt marshes, and mudflats on the we...

Historic Coastal Nature Reserve Ionian

8.1 Great

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Albufera de Valencia

The Albufera de Valencia is a prominent freshwater lagoon situated on the Mediterranean coast of the Valencian Community...

Spain Coastal Mediterranean Nature Park

8.0 Great

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Laguna di Orbetello

The Laguna di Orbetello is a prominent coastal lagoon located in the Grosseto province of Tuscany, Italy. It is one of t...

Italy Coastal Nature Reserve Tuscany

8.0 Great

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Lake Ichkeul

Lake Ichkeul is a freshwater lake and surrounding wetland area located in northwestern Tunisia near the Mediterranean co...

Coastal Mediterranean Tunisia Migratory Birds

7.9 Good

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Grado-Marano Lagoon

The Grado-Marano Lagoon is a coastal ecosystem located in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of northeast Italy, bordering...

Italy Coastal Fishing Nature Reserve

7.8 Good

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Étang de Salses-Leucate

The Étang de Salses-Leucate is a coastal lagoon situated in the Occitanie region of southern France along the Mediterran...

France Coastal Mediterranean Windsurfing

7.8 Good

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Lake Bardawil

Lake Bardawil is a large, shallow, and hypersaline coastal lagoon located on the northern coast of the Sinai Peninsula i...

Coastal Fishing Mediterranean Egypt

7.8 Good

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Stagnone di Marsala

Stagnone di Marsala is a shallow marine lagoon located on the western coast of Sicily, Italy. The area is distinctly cha...

Italy Coastal Nature Reserve Sicily

7.7 Good

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Orbetello Lagoon

Orbetello Lagoon is a shallow coastal lagoon in southern Tuscany, Italy, separated from the Tyrrhenian Sea by narrow san...

Italy Coastal Nature Reserve Birdwatching

7.6 Good

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Ghar El Melh Lagoon

Ghar El Melh Lagoon is a coastal lagoon and wetland beside the town of Ghar El Melh in northern Tunisia, near the Gulf o...

Historic Coastal Fishing Mediterranean

7.6 Good

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Laguna de Sinamaica

Laguna de Sinamaica is a shallow lagoon in Zulia state, northwestern Venezuela, connected to the Lake Maracaibo basin. I...

Historic Coastal Venezuela Stilt Villages

7.6 Good

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Bafa Lake

Bafa Lake is a lake in western Turkey near the Aegean coast, bordered by Mugla and Aydin provinces. It was once part of...

Turkey Historic Coastal Birdwatching

7.6 Good

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Valli di Comacchio

Valli di Comacchio is a extensive complex of brackish coastal lagoons situated in the Po River delta in the Emilia-Romag...

Italy Coastal Fishing Nature Reserve

7.5 Good

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Göksu Delta Lagoons

The Göksu Delta lagoons form part of a broad Mediterranean wetland at the mouth of the Göksu River in Mersin Province, s...

Turkey Coastal Mediterranean Birdwatching

7.4 Good

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Lake Mariout

Lake Mariout is a shallow brackish lake in northern Egypt, immediately southwest of Alexandria and separated from the Me...

Historic Coastal Mediterranean Egypt

4.5 Poor