Bandiagara Escarpment

Bandiagara Escarpment
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
The Bandiagara Escarpment from Banimoto
Location	Mopti Region, Mali
Established	1985
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Falaise de Bandiagara
Part of	Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)
Criteria	Cultural and Natural: (v), (vii)
Reference	516
Inscription	1989 (13th Session)
Area	326,950 ha (1,262.4 sq mi)
Coordinates	14°20′N 3°25′W / 14.333°N 3.417°W / 14.333; -3.417
Location of Bandiagara Escarpment in Mali

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Sacred places Bandiagara Escarpment Benin City Dahomey Fatick Ifẹ Igbo-Ukwu Kanem–Bornu Mount Hombori Nri-Igbo Nsukka Ouidah Oyo Point of Sangomar Sangha Sangha Ogol Leye Sine Sine River Somb Tattaguine Tukar Yaboyabo Youga Dogorou
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The Bandiagara Escarpment (Arabic: منحدرات باندياغارا الصخرية, French: falaise de Bandiagara) is an escarpment in the Dogon country of Mali. The sandstone cliff rises about 500 m (1,600 ft) above the lower sandy flats to the south. It has a length of approximately 150 km (90 mi).

The area of the escarpment is inhabited today by the Dogon people. Before the Dogon, the escarpment was inhabited by the Tellem and Toloy peoples. Many structures remain from the Tellem. The Bandiagara Escarpment was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1989.

The Cliffs of Bandiagara are a sandstone chain ranging from south to northeast over 200 km (120 mi) and extending to the Grandamia massif. The end of the massif is marked by the Hombori Tondo, Mali's highest peak at 1,155 m (3,789 ft). Because of its archaeological, ethnological and geological characteristics, the entire site is a point of interest.