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UNESCO (Natural) World Heritage Sites

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EUROPE / NORTH AMERICA (66*)

Natural Site Mixed Site


Albania
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Ohrid region 947.28 Korçë N40°59'30", E020°42'15" 1979


Austria
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007


Azerbaijan
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Hyrcanian Forests * 1450.04 (Various) N37°25'17", E055°43'27" 2019


Belarus
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Białowieża Forest * Brest / Hrodna N52°43'39", E023°58'52" 1979


Belgium
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007


Bulgaria
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Pirin National Park 383.5 Blagoevgrad N41°44'34", E023°25'50" 1983
03 Srebarna Nature Reserve 6.38 Silistra N44°06'52", E027°04'41" 1983


Canada
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Anticosti 182.4 Quebec N49°32'19", W63°14'43" 2023
01 Canadian Rocky Mountains # 5 23600 Alberta / British Columbia N51°25'29", W116°28'47" 1984
02 Dinosaur Provincial Park 78.25 Alberta N50°46'04", W111°29'32" 1979
03 Gros Morne National Park 1805 Newfoundland & Labrador N49°36'45", W057°31'53" 1987
04 Joggins Fossil Cliffs 6.89 Nova Scotia N45°42'35", W064°26'09" 2008
05 Kluane, Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 4 98391.21 British Columbia / Yukon N61°11'51", W140°59'31" 1979
06 Miguasha National Park 0.873 Quebec N48°06'18", W066°21'11" 1999
07 Mistaken Point 1.46 Newfoundland & Labrador N46°38'06", W053°12'40" 2016
08 Nahanni National Park # 4765.6 Northwest Territories N61°32'50", W125°35'22" 1978
09 Pimachiowin Aki 29040 Manitoba / Ontario N51°49'35", W095°24'41" 2018
10 Waterton Glacier Peace Park * 4576.14 Alberta N48°59'46", W113°54'15" 1995
11 Wood Buffalo National Park 44800 Alberta / Northwest Terr. N59°21'30", W112°17'36" 1983


Croatia
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Plitvice Lakes National Park # 296.3 Lika-Senj N44°52'40", E015°36'52" 1979


Denmark
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Ilulissat Icefjord 3998 Avannaata, Greenland N69°07'60", W049°30'00" 2004
02 Stevns Klint 0.5 Sjælland N55°16'02", E012°25'24" 2014
03 Wadden Sea * (Various) N53°31'43", E008°33'22" 2009


Finland
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * 3369 Ostrobothnia N63°17'60", E021°18'00" 2000


France
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Chaîne des Puys 242.23 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes N45°46'46", E002°57'54" 2018
02 French Austral Lands and Seas 672969 (External) S49°22'49", E069°21'10" 2019
03 Gulf of Porto # 118 Corse N42°19'31", E008°37'44" 1983
04 Lagoons of New Caledonia 15743 (External) S20°24'43", E164°33'59" 2008
05 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * 306.39 Occitanie N42°41'08", E000°00'02" 1997
06 Reunion Island 1058.38 (External) S21°05'58", E055°28'48" 2010
07 Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and Pitons of Northern Martinique 139.8 (External) N14°49'23", W061°10'33" 2023


Germany
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Messel Pit Fossil Site 0.42 Hesse N49°55'00", E008°45'14" 1995
03 Wadden Sea * (Various) N53°31'43", E008°33'22" 2009


Greece
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Meteora 2.72 Thessaly N39°43'00", E021°37'60" 1988
02 Mount Athos 330.42 Mount Athos N40°16'00", E024°13'00" 1988


Hungary
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Caves of Aggtelek & Slovak Karst * 566.5 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén N48°28'33", E020°29'13" 1995


Iceland
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Surtsey 33.7 Suðurland N63°18'11", W020°36'08" 2008
02 Vatnajökull National Park 14820 Vatnajökull N64°34'39", W016°52'54" 2019


Italy
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Dolomites 1419 Trentino / Veneto N46°36'47", E012°09'47" 2009
03 Evaporitic Karst of Northern Apennines 36.8 Emilia-Romagna N44°22'48", E010°23'20" 2023
04 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) 12.16 Sicilia N38°29'16", E014°56'44" 2000
05 Monte San Giorgio * 10.89 Lombardia N45°53'20", E08°54'50" 2003
06 Mount Etna 192.37 Sicilia N37°45'22", E014°59'48" 2013


Montenegro
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Durmitor National Park 32.1 Žabljak N43 7 58.8 E19 0 59.76 1980


Netherlands
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 The Wadden Sea * (Various) N53°31'43", E008°33'22" 2009


North Macedonia
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Ohrid region 947.28 Ohrid N40°59'30", E020°42'15" 1979


Poland
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Białowieża Forest * Podlaskie N52°43'39", E023°58'52" 1979


Portugal
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Laurisilva of Madeira 150 (External) N32°46'00", W017°00'00" 1999


Romania
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Danube Delta 3124.4 Tulcea N45°04'60", E029°30'00" 1991


Slovakia
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Caves of Aggtelek & Slovak Karst * 566.5 Kosičky N48°28'33", E020°29'13" 1995


Slovenia
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Škocjan Caves # 4.13 Cerknica N45 40 0.012 E14 0 0 1986


Spain
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007
02 Doñana National Park 542.5 Andalucía N36°56'52", W006°21'32" 1994
03 Garajonay National Park 39.84 Islas Canarias N28°07'35", W017°14'14" 1986
04 Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture 90.2 Islas Baleares N38°54'40", E001°26'07" 1999
05 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * 306.39 Aragón N42°41'08", E000°00'02" 1997
06 Teide National Park 189.9 Islas Canarias N28°16'17", W016°38'37" 2007


Sweden
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * 3369 Västmanland N63°17'60", E021°18'00" 2000
02 Laponian Area 9409 Norrbotten N67°19'60", E017°34'60" 1996


Switzerland
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Monte San Giorgio * 10.89 Ticino N45°53'20", E08°54'50" 2003
02 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 824 Valais N46°30'00", E008°01'60" 2001
03 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 328.5 Glarus / Sankt Gallen N46°55'00", E009°15'00" 2008


Ukraine
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Beech Forests of the Carpathians * 920.23 (Various) N49°00'35", E022°20'20" 2007


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Dorset and East Devon Coast 25.5 South-West England N50°42'20", W002°59'24" 2001
02 Giant's Causeway 2.4 Northern Ireland N55°15'00", W006°29'07" 1986
03 Gough and Inaccessible Islands 10 79 (External) S40°19'29", W009°55'43" 1995
04 Henderson Island 37 (External) S24°22'00", W128°19'60" 1988
05 St Kilda 242 Scotland N57°49'02", W008°34'36" 1986


United States of America
# Site Name Area (km²) Location Localisation Designated
01 Carlsbad Caverns National Park 189.26 New Mexico N32°10'00", W104°22'60" 1995
02 Everglades National Park 5670.17 Florida N25°33'16", W080°59'47" 1979
03 Grand Canyon National Park 4932.7 Arizona N36°06'03", W112°05'26" 1979
04 Great Smoky Mountains 2090 N. Carolina / Tennessee N35°35'35", W083°26'08" 1983
05 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park # 879.4 Hawaii N19°24'03", W155°07'25" 1987
06 Mammoth Cave National Park 211.91 Kentucky N37°11'14", W086°06'11" 1981
07 Olympic National Park 3733.8 Washington N47°44'54", W123°26'56" 1981
08 Papahānaumokuākea 362075 (External) N25°20'57", W170°08'45" 2010
09 Redwood National and State Parks 415.71 California N41°22'26", W123°59'53" 1980
10 Waterton Glacier Peace Park * 4576.14 Montana N48°59'46", W113°54'15" 1995
11 Wrangell-St. Elias # * 12 98391.21 Alaska N61°11'51", W140°59'31" 1979
12 Yellowstone National Park 8983.49 Wyoming N44°27'38", W110°49'40" 1978
13 Yosemite National Park # 3079.34 California N37°44'46", W119°35'48" 1984


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