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Victoria Falls
Eva Suzuko Mcgrew2010
The Sand Museum
Fukube-cho, Yuyama 2083-17, Japan
This World Heritage Site, measuring 1708m wide and 108m high, is one of the three biggest waterfalls in the world. In 1855, missionary and explorer David Livingstone found this waterfall along the Zambezi River on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Known as Mosi-oa-Tunya (the Mist that Thunders), its beauty captured his heart and he named it Victoria Falls for then British Queen Victoria.
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- Title: Victoria Falls
- Creator: Eva Suzuko Mcgrew
- Creator Nationality: United States
- Creator Gender: female
- Date: 2010
- Physical Location: Tottori City, Japan
- Provenance: THE SAND MUSEUM
- Type: Sand Sculpture
- External Link: http://www.sand-museum.jp/
- 作品解説 / Object Note (Japanese): 滝幅1708ｍ、最大落差108ｍを誇り世界遺産に登録される世界三大瀑布の一つです。1855年宣教師、探検家でもあるリヴィングストンは、ザンビアとジンバブエの国境ザンベジ川中流でモシ・オ・トゥニャ（雷鳴の轟く水煙）と呼ばれるこの滝を発見。そのあまりの素晴らしさに心を打たれ、当時の英国女王から名前を取りヴィクトリアの滝と命名しました。
- 作品タイトル / Object Title (Japanese): ヴィクトリア瀑布
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