Kneiss

Designations
Official name Iles Kneiss avec leurs zones intertidales
Designated 7 November 2007
Reference no. 1704[1]

Kneiss (Arabic: أرخبيل الكنائس‎) is an archipelago of small Islands in the Gulf of Gabes, located a few kilometers offshore of Tunisia, about 50 km south of Sfax.

They are now nature reserves through a vast expanse of mudflats (14,500 ha) and shallow water. They are an important bird habitat.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Iles Kneiss avec leurs zones intertidales". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Bird Life

Coordinates: 34°21′2″N 10°17′59″E / 34.35056°N 10.29972°E / 34.35056; 10.29972

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