What is Willandra Lakes Region?
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | image = Willandra Lakes.png | image_upright = 1.2 | caption = {{flatlist|Part of the Willandra Lakes system: # Lake Mulurulu # Willandra Creek # Garnpung Lake # Lake Leaghur # [[Lake Mungo]] # Lake Arumpo # Chibnalwood Lakes }} | location = [[Far West (New South Wales)|Far West]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] | criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(iii)(viii)}}(iii)(viii) | ID = 167 | coordinates = {{coord|34|S|143|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | year = 1981 | area = {{convert|240,000|ha|acre|abbr=on}} | locmapin = New South Wales#Australia | map_caption = }} The '''Willandra Lakes Region''' is a [[World Heritage Site]] that covers 2,400 square kilometres in south-western [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. It includes important natural and cultural features. The lakes were formed about two million years ago, but are now dry.<ref name=env>{{cite web |url= http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/willandra/index.html |title=Willandra Lakes Region|first= |last=|work=environment.gov.au |year=2012 |accessdate=19 May 2012}}</ref> The [[Australian Aborigines]] camped around the lakes, especially in the [[sand dune]]s on the lake shores for at least 50,000 years.<ref name=env/> These dunes are [[crescent]] shaped, and are called lunettes. The world's oldest [[cremation]], of an woman more than 40,000 years ago, was found in a lunette at [[Lake Mungo remains|Lake Mungo]].<ref name=env/> A small section of the region is protected by the [[Mungo National Park]]. As well as Lake Mungo, there is also Lake Mulurulu which was the last lake to hold water, the Prungle lakes which have been dry for more than 20,000 years, and Lake Chibnalwood which has a 30 metre high lunette, one of the biggest in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/167 |title=Willandra Lakes Region - UNESCO World Heritage Centre |first= |last= |work=whc.unesco.org |accessdate =19 May 2012}}</ref> The Willandra Lakes Re