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UNESCO (Natural) World Heritage Sites

Asia / Pacific
Africa / Arab States
Latin America / Caribbean
Europe / North America

LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN (47*)

Natural Site Mixed Site


Argentina
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Iguazu National Park 550 Misiones S25°31'05", W054°07'60" 1984
02 Ischigualasto / Talampaya 2753.69 La Rioja / San Juan S30°00'00", W068°00'00" 2000
03 Los Alerces National Park 1883.79 Chubut S42°51'10", W071°52'22" 2017
04 Los Glaciares National Park # 7269.27 Santa Cruz S50°00'00", W073°14'58" 1981
05 Península Valdés 3600 Chubut S42°30'00", W064°00'00" 1999


Belize
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Belize Barrier Reef 963 Belize / Stann Creek N16°45'00", W087°03'30" 1996


Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 15234.46 Santa Cruz S14°16'00", W060°52'00" 2000


Brazil
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Atlantic Forest SouthEast Reserves 4681.93 Paraná / São Paulo S24°10'00", W048°00'00" 1999
02 Central Amazon Complex 3 53230.18 Amazonas S02°19'60", W062°00'30" 2000
03 Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas 3814.3 Goiás S14°00'20", W047°41'05" 2001
04 Discovery Coast Atlantic Reserves 1119.3 Bahia / Espírito Santo S16°30'00", W039°15'00" 1999
05 Fernando de Noronha 422.7 Rio Grande do Norte S03°51'29", W032°25'30" 2001
06 Iguaçu National Park 1696.96 Paraná S25°40'60", W054°25'60" 1986
07 Pantanal Conservation Area 1878.18 Mato Grosso S17°43'00", W057°22'60" 2000
08 Paraty and Ilha Grande 1731.64 Rio de Janeiro S23°01'07", W044°41'07" 2019


Colombia
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Chiribiquete National Park 27823.54 Caquetá / Guaviare N00°31'31", W072°47'50" 2018
02 Los Katíos National Park 720 Antioquia / Chocó N07°40'00", W077°00'00" 1994
03 Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary 8575 Valle del Cauca N03°58'00", W081°36'60" 2006


Costa Rica
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Area de Conservación Guanacaste 1470 Alajuela / Guanacaste N10°50'60", W085°37'00" 1999
02 Cocos Island National Park 1997.9 Puntarenas N05°31'60", W087°04'00" 1997
03 Talamanca Range-La Amistad * 5700.45 (Various) N09°24'25", W082°56'20" 1983


Cuba
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Alejandro de Humboldt 711.4 Guantánamo / Holguín N20°26'60", W075°00'00" 2001
02 Desembarco del Granma 418.63 Granma N19°52'60", W077°37'60" 1999


Dominica
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Morne Trois Pitons National Park 68.57 (Various) N15°16'00", W061°16'60" 1997


Ecuador
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Galápagos Islands 140665 Galápagos N00°49'00", W091°00'00" 1978
02 Sangay National Park # 2719.25 (Various) S01°49'60", W078°19'60" 1983


Guatemala
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Tikal National Park 5760 El Petén N17°13'00", W089°37'00" 1979


Honduras
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve 3500 (Various) N15°44'40", W084°40'30" 1982


Jamaica
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Blue and John Crow Mountains 262.52 Portland / St.Thomas N18°04'39", W076°34'16" 2015


Mexico
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Archipiélago de Revillagigedo 6366.85 Colima N18°47'17", W110°58'31" 2016
02 El Pinacate, Gran Desierto de Altar 7145.66 Sonora N32°00'00", W113°55'00" 2013
03 Islands of the Gulf of California 6885.58 (Various) N27°37'36", W112°32'45" 2005
04 Maya City of Calakmul 3313.97 Campeche N18°03'11", W089°44'14" 2002
05 Monarch Butterfly Biosphere 135515.52 Mexico / Michoacán N19°36'23", W100°14'30" 2008
06 Sian Ka'an 5280 Quintana Roo N19°22'60", W087°47'30" 1987
07 Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 1452.55 Oaxaca N17°59'24", W097°11'14" 2018
08 Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 3696.31 Baja California Sur N27°47'32", W114°13'40" 1993


Panama
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Coiba National Park 2701.25 Chiriquí / Veraguas N07°25'59", W081°45'58" 2005
02 Darien National Park 5790 Darién N07°44'10", W077°32'50" 1981
03 Talamanca Range-La Amistad * 5700.45 Bocas del Toro / Chiriquí N09°24'26", W082°56'20" 1983


Peru
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu 381.6 Cusco S13°07'00", W072°34'60" 1983
02 Huascarán National Park # 5400 Ancash S09°19'60", W077°24'00" 1985
03 Manú National Park 17162.95 Cusco / Madre de Dios S12°15'00", W071°45'00" 1987
04 Río Abiseo National Park 2724.08 San Martin S07°45'00", W077°15'00" 1990


Saint Lucia
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Pitons Management Area 29 Soufrière N13°48'26", W061°04'13" 2004


Suriname
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Central Suriname Nature Reserve 16000 Sipaliwini N04°00'00", W056°30'00" 2000


Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Canaima National Park 30000 Bolívar N05°19'60", W061°30'00" 1994


Europe / North America

Notes
  1. Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".

    Name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'

  2. Renomination of "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park" under cultural criteria.

  3. Extension of "Jaú National Park".

  4. Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.

  5. The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".

  6. The Westland and Mount Cook National Park and the Fiordland National Park, which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the "Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand".

  7. In 1979, the Committee decided to inscribe the Ohrid Lake on the World Heritage List under natural criteria (iii). In 1980, this property was extended to include the cultural and historical area, and cultural criteria (i)(iii)(iv) were added.

  8. At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.

  9. (extension de « Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa », Portugal)

  10. The WH area is managed directly by the Divisional Forest Officer from the Forest Dept. A national steering Committee co-ordinates institutions for Sinharaja as a National Wilderness Area, Biosphere Reserve (1988), and WH site. There are two management plans, prepared in 1985/86 and 1992/94, which emphasise conservation, scientific research, buffer zone management, benefit-sharing, and community participation.

  11. Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".

  12. (renomination under cultural criteria)

  13. Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.

*: transboundary property

#: As for 19 Natural and Mixed Properties inscribed for geological values before 1994, criteria numbering of this property has changed. See Decision 30.COM 8D.1