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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Nahanni National Park # CA N EUR 476,560 24
1978 Yellowstone National Park US N EUR 898,349 28
1979 Białowieża Forest * BY N EUR 141,885 33
1979 Białowieża Forest * PL N EUR 141,885 33
1979 Dinosaur Provincial Park CA N EUR 7,825 71
1979 Everglades National Park US N EUR 567,017 76
1979 Grand Canyon National Park US N EUR 493,270 75
1979 Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 1 CA N EUR 9,839,121 72
1979 Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 2 US N EUR 9,839,121 72
1979 Plitvice Lakes National Park # HR N EUR 29,631 98
1980 Durmitor National Park ME N EUR 32,100 100
1980 Redwood National and State Parks US N EUR 41,571 134
1981 Mammoth Cave National Park US N EUR 21,191 150
1981 Olympic National Park US N EUR 369,660 151
1983 Great Smoky Mountains National Park US N EUR 209,000 259
1983 Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve # FR N EUR 11,800 258
1983 Pirin National Park BG N EUR 38,350 225
1983 Srebarna Nature Reserve BG N EUR 638 219
1983 Wood Buffalo National Park CA N EUR 4,480,000 256
1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks # 3 CA N EUR 2,360,000 304
1984 Yosemite National Park # US N EUR 307,934 308
1986 Garajonay National Park ES N EUR 3,984 380
1986 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast GB N EUR 239 369
1986 Škocjan Caves # SI N EUR 413 390
1987 Gros Morne National Park CA N EUR 180,500 419
1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park # US N EUR 87,940 409
1988 Henderson Island GB N EUR 3,700 487
1991 Danube Delta RO N EUR 312,440 588
1994 Doñana National Park ES N EUR 54,252 685
1995 Carlsbad Caverns National Park US N EUR 18,926 721
1995 Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst * HU N EUR 56,651 725
1995 Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst * SK N EUR 56,651 725
1995 Gough and Inaccessible Islands 4 GB N EUR 7,900 740
1995 Messel Pit Fossil Site DE N EUR 42 720
1995 Virgin Komi Forests RU N EUR 3,280,000 719
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * CA N EUR 457,614 354
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * US N EUR 457,614 354
1996 Lake Baikal RU N EUR 8,800,000 754
1996 Volcanoes of Kamchatka 5 RU N EUR 3,995,769 765
1998 Golden Mountains of Altai RU N EUR 1,611,457 768
1999 Laurisilva of Madeira PT N EUR 15,000 934
1999 Miguasha National Park CA N EUR 87 686
1999 Western Caucasus RU N EUR 298,903 900
2000 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * FI N EUR 336,900 898
2000 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * SE N EUR 336,900 898
2000 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) IT N EUR 1,216 908
2001 Central Sikhote-Alin RU N EUR 1,566,818 766
2001 Dorset and East Devon Coast GB N EUR 2,550 1029
2001 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch CH N EUR 82,400 1037
2003 Monte San Giorgio * IT N EUR 1,089 1090
2003 Monte San Giorgio * CH N EUR 1,089 1090
2003 Uvs Nuur Basin * RU N EUR 898,064 769
2004 Ilulissat Icefjord DK N EUR 399,800 1149
2004 Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve RU N EUR 1,916,300 1023
2005 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord NO N EUR 122,712 1195
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * CH N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * AT N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * UA N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * BE N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * BA N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * BG N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * HR N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * CZ N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * FR N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * DE N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * IT N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * AL N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * MK N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * PL N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * RO N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * SK N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * SI N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * ES N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Teide National Park ES N EUR 18,990 1258
2008 Joggins Fossil Cliffs CA N EUR 689 1285
2008 Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems FR N EUR 1,574,300 1115
2008 Surtsey IS N EUR 3,370 1267
2008 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona CH N EUR 32,850 1179
2009 The Dolomites IT N EUR 141,903 1237
2009 Wadden Sea * DE N EUR 1,143,403 1314
2009 Wadden Sea * NL N EUR 1,143,403 1314
2009 Wadden Sea * DK N EUR 1,143,403 1314
2010 Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island FR N EUR 105,838 1317
2010 Putorana Plateau RU N EUR 1,887,251 1234
2012 Lena Pillars Nature Park RU N EUR 1,387,000 1299
2013 Mount Etna IT N EUR 19,237 1427
2014 Stevns Klint DK N EUR 50 1416
2016 Mistaken Point CA N EUR 146 1497
2017 Landscapes of Dauria * RU N EUR 912,624 1448
2018 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena FR N EUR 24,223 1434
2019 French Austral Lands and Seas FR N EUR 166,267,100 1603
2019 Hyrcanian Forests * AZ N EUR 145,005 1584
2019 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice IS N EUR 1,482,000 1604
2021 Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands GE N EUR 31,253 1616
2023 Anticosti CA N EUR 18,240 1686
2023 Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines IT N EUR 3,680 1692
2023 Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique FR N EUR 13,980 1657
Notes

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

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

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

  4. Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".

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

*: 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

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