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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Galápagos Islands EC N LAC 14,066,514 1
1978 Nahanni National Park # CA N EUR 476,560 24
1978 Simien National Park ET N AFR 13,600 9
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
1979 Sagarmatha National Park NP N APA 124,400 120
1979 Virunga National Park # CD N AFR 800,000 63
1980 Durmitor National Park ME N EUR 32,100 100
1980 Garamba National Park CD N AFR 500,000 136
1980 Ichkeul National Park TN N ARB 12,600 8
1980 Kahuzi-Biega National Park CD N AFR 600,000 137
1980 Redwood National and State Parks US N EUR 41,571 134
1981 Darien National Park PA N LAC 579,000 159
1981 Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary SN N AFR 16,000 25
1981 Great Barrier Reef AU N APA 34,870,000 154
1981 Los Glaciares National Park # AR N LAC 726,927 145
1981 Mammoth Cave National Park US N EUR 21,191 150
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * CI N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve * GN N AFR 17,540 155
1981 Niokolo-Koba National Park SN N AFR 913,000 153
1981 Olympic National Park US N EUR 369,660 151
1981 Serengeti National Park TZ N AFR 1,476,300 156
1982 Aldabra Atoll SC N AFR 35,000 185
1982 Lord Howe Island Group AU N APA 146,300 186
1982 Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve HN N LAC 350,000 196
1982 Selous Game Reserve TZ N AFR 5,120,000 199
1982 Taï National Park CI N AFR 508,186 195
1983 Comoé National Park CI N AFR 0 227
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 Sangay National Park # EC N LAC 271,925 260
1983 Srebarna Nature Reserve BG N EUR 638 219
1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park * CR N LAC 570,045 205
1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park * PA N LAC 570,045 205
1983 Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve SC N AFR 20 261
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 Chitwan National Park NP N APA 93,200 284
1984 Iguazu National Park AR N LAC 55,000 303
1984 Lake Malawi National Park MW N AFR 9,400 289
1984 Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas ZW N AFR 676,600 302
1984 Salonga National Park CD N AFR 3,600,000 280
1984 Yosemite National Park # US N EUR 307,934 308
1985 Huascarán National Park # PE N LAC 340,000 333
1985 Kaziranga National Park IN N APA 42,996 337
1985 Keoladeo National Park IN N APA 2,873 340
1985 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary IN N APA 39,100 338
1986 Garajonay National Park ES N EUR 3,984 380
1986 Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast GB N EUR 239 369
1986 Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 4 AU N APA 370,000 368
1986 Iguaçu National Park BR N LAC 169,696 355
1986 Škocjan Caves # SI N EUR 413 390
1987 Dja Faunal Reserve CM N AFR 526,000 407
1987 Gros Morne National Park CA N EUR 180,500 419
1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park # US N EUR 87,940 409
1987 Kilimanjaro National Park TZ N AFR 75,575 403
1987 Manú National Park PE N LAC 1,716,295 402
1987 Sian Ka'an MX N LAC 528,000 410
1987 Sundarbans National Park IN N APA 133,010 452
1988 Henderson Island GB N EUR 3,700 487
1988 Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park CF N AFR 1,740,000 475
1988 Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks IN N APA 71,210 335
1988 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 5 LK N APA 8,864 405
1988 Wet Tropics of Queensland AU N APA 893,453 486
1989 Banc d'Arguin National Park MR N ARB 1,200,000 506
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZM N AFR 6,860 509
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZW N AFR 6,860 509
1990 Andrefana Dry Forests MG N AFR 734,298 494
1990 Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand 6 NZ N APA 2,600,000 551
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
1991 Danube Delta RO N EUR 312,440 588
1991 Komodo National Park ID N APA 219,322 609
1991 Shark Bay, Western Australia AU N APA 2,200,902 578
1991 Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries TH N APA 622,200 591
1991 Ujung Kulon National Park ID N APA 78,525 608
1992 Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 60,000 638
1992 Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 72,000 637
1992 K’gari (Fraser Island) AU N APA 181,851 630
1992 Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 26,400 640
1993 Shirakami-Sanchi JP N APA 16,971 663
1993 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park PH N APA 96,828 653
1993 Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino MX N LAC 369,631 554
1993 Yakushima JP N APA 10,747 662
1994 Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007 OM N ARB 2,750,000 654
1994 Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) AU N APA 10,326 698
1994 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park UG N AFR 32,092 682
1994 Canaima National Park VE N LAC 3,000,000 701
1994 Doñana National Park ES N EUR 54,252 685
1994 Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago VN N APA 65,650 672
1994 Los Katíos National Park CO N LAC 72,000 711
1994 Rwenzori Mountains National Park UG N AFR 99,600 684
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 7 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 Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System BZ N LAC 96,300 764
1996 Lake Baikal RU N EUR 8,800,000 754
1996 Okapi Wildlife Reserve CD N AFR 1,372,625 718
1996 Volcanoes of Kamchatka 8 RU N EUR 3,995,769 765
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BJ N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * BF N AFR 1,714,831 749
1996 W-Arly-Pendjari Complex * NE N AFR 1,714,831 749
1997 Cocos Island National Park CR N LAC 199,700 820
1997 Heard and McDonald Islands AU N APA 658,903 577
1997 Lake Turkana National Parks KE N AFR 161,485 801
1997 Macquarie Island AU N APA 557,280 629
1997 Morne Trois Pitons National Park DM N LAC 6,857 814
1997 Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest KE N AFR 202,334 800
1997 The Sundarbans BD N APA 139,500 798
1998 East Rennell SB N APA 37,000 854
1998 Golden Mountains of Altai RU N EUR 1,611,457 768
1998 New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands NZ N APA 76,458 877
1999 Area de Conservación Guanacaste CR N LAC 147,000 928
1999 Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves BR N LAC 468,193 893
1999 Desembarco del Granma National Park CU N LAC 32,576 889
1999 Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves BR N LAC 111,930 892
1999 iSimangaliso Wetland Park ZA N AFR 239,566 914
1999 Laurisilva of Madeira PT N EUR 15,000 934
1999 Lorentz National Park ID N APA 2,350,000 955
1999 Miguasha National Park CA N EUR 87 686
1999 Península Valdés AR N LAC 360,000 937
1999 Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park PH N APA 22,202 652
1999 Western Caucasus RU N EUR 298,903 900
2000 Central Amazon Conservation Complex 9 BR N LAC 5,232,018 998
2000 Central Suriname Nature Reserve SR N LAC 1,600,000 1017
2000 Greater Blue Mountains Area AU N APA 1,032,649 917
2000 Gunung Mulu National Park MY N APA 52,864 1013
2000 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * FI N EUR 336,900 898
2000 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * SE N EUR 336,900 898
2000 Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks AR N LAC 275,369 966
2000 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) IT N EUR 1,216 908
2000 Kinabalu Park MY N APA 75,370 1012
2000 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park BO N LAC 1,523,446 967
2000 Pantanal Conservation Area BR N LAC 187,818 999
2001 Alejandro de Humboldt National Park CU N LAC 71,140 839
2001 Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves BR N LAC 43,270 1000
2001 Central Sikhote-Alin RU N EUR 1,566,818 766
2001 Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks BR N LAC 381,430 1035
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 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park VN N APA 123,326 951
2003 Purnululu National Park AU N APA 239,723 1094
2003 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas CN N APA 0 1083
2003 Uvs Nuur Basin * MN N APA 898,064 769
2003 Uvs Nuur Basin * RU N EUR 898,064 769
2004 Cape Floral Region Protected Areas ZA N AFR 1,094,742 1007
2004 Ilulissat Icefjord DK N EUR 399,800 1149
2004 Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve RU N EUR 1,916,300 1023
2004 Pitons Management Area LC N LAC 2,909 1161
2004 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra ID N APA 2,595,124 1167
2005 Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection PA N LAC 270,125 1138
2005 Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex TH N APA 615,500 590
2005 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California MX N LAC 688,558 1182
2005 Shiretoko JP N APA 71,100 1193
2005 Vredefort Dome ZA N AFR 30,000 1162
2005 Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) EG N ARB 20,015 1186
2005 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord NO N EUR 122,712 1195
2006 Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary CO N LAC 857,500 1216
2006 Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains CN N APA 924,500 1213
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 * AT 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 * 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 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 * UA N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes KR N APA 9,522 1264
2007 Rainforests of the Atsinanana MG N AFR 479,661 1257
2007 South China Karst CN N APA 97,125 1248
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 Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve MX N LAC 13,552 1290
2008 Mount Sanqingshan National Park CN N APA 22,950 1292
2008 Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan KZ N APA 450,344 1102
2008 Socotra Archipelago YE N ARB 410,460 1263
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 * DK N EUR 1,143,403 1314
2009 Wadden Sea * DE N EUR 1,143,403 1314
2009 Wadden Sea * NL N EUR 1,143,403 1314
2010 Central Highlands of Sri Lanka LK N APA 56,844 1203
2010 China Danxia CN N APA 82,151 1335
2010 Phoenix Islands Protected Area KI N APA 40,825,000 1325
2010 Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island FR N EUR 105,838 1317
2010 Putorana Plateau RU N EUR 1,887,251 1234
2011 Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley KE N AFR 32,034 1060
2011 Ningaloo Coast AU N APA 705,015 1369
2011 Ogasawara Islands JP N APA 7,939 1362
2012 Chengjiang Fossil Site CN N APA 512 1388
2012 Lakes of Ounianga TD N AFR 62,808 1400
2012 Lena Pillars Nature Park RU N EUR 1,387,000 1299
2012 Sangha Trinational * CM N AFR 746,309 1380
2012 Sangha Trinational * CF N AFR 746,309 1380
2012 Sangha Trinational * CG N AFR 746,309 1380
2012 Western Ghats IN N APA 795,315 1342
2013 El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve MX N LAC 714,566 1410
2013 Mount Etna IT N EUR 19,237 1427
2013 Namib Sand Sea NA N AFR 3,077,700 1430
2013 Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) TJ N APA 2,611,674 1252
2013 Xinjiang Tianshan CN N APA 606,833 1414
2014 Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area IN N APA 90,540 1406
2014 Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary PH N APA 16,923 1403
2014 Okavango Delta BW N AFR 2,023,590 1432
2014 Stevns Klint DK N EUR 50 1416
2016 Archipiélago de Revillagigedo MX N LAC 636,685 1510
2016 Hubei Shennongjia CN N APA 79,624 1509
2016 Lut Desert IR N APA 2,278,015 1505
2016 Mistaken Point CA N EUR 146 1497
2016 Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park SD N ARB 260,700 262
2016 Western Tien-Shan * KZ N APA 528,178 1490
2016 Western Tien-Shan * KG N APA 528,178 1490
2016 Western Tien-Shan * UZ N APA 528,178 1490
2017 Landscapes of Dauria * MN N APA 912,624 1448
2017 Landscapes of Dauria * RU N EUR 912,624 1448
2017 Los Alerces National Park AR N LAC 188,379 1526
2017 Qinghai Hoh Xil CN N APA 3,735,632 1540
2018 Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains ZA N AFR 113,137 1575
2018 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena FR N EUR 24,223 1434
2018 Fanjingshan CN N APA 40,275 1559
2019 French Austral Lands and Seas FR N EUR 166,267,100 1603
2019 Hyrcanian Forests * AZ N EUR 145,005 1584
2019 Hyrcanian Forests * IR N APA 145,005 1584
2019 Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China CN N APA 289,711 1606
2019 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice IS N EUR 1,482,000 1604
2021 Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island JP N APA 42,698 1574
2021 Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands GE N EUR 31,253 1616
2021 Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats KR N APA 128,411 1591
2021 Ivindo National Park GA N AFR 298,758 1653
2021 Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex TH N APA 408,940 1461
2023 ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid SA N ARB 1,276,500 1699
2023 Anticosti CA N EUR 18,240 1686
2023 Bale Mountains National Park ET N AFR 215,000 111
2023 Cold Winter Deserts of Turan * KZ N APA 3,366,441 1693
2023 Cold Winter Deserts of Turan * TM N APA 3,366,441 1693
2023 Cold Winter Deserts of Turan * UZ N APA 3,366,441 1693
2023 Evaporitic Karst and Caves of Northern Apennines IT N EUR 3,680 1692
2023 Forest Massif of Odzala-Kokoua CG N AFR 1,179,376 692
2023 Nyungwe National Park RW N AFR 101,964 1697
2023 Tugay forests of the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve TJ N APA 49,786 1685
2023 Volcanoes and Forests of Mount Pelée and the Pitons of Northern Martinique FR N EUR 13,980 1657
2024 Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes CN N APA 726,291 1638
2024 Lençóis Maranhenses National Park BR N LAC 156,562 1611
2024 The Flow Country GB N EUR 187,026 1722
2024 Vjetrenica Cave, Ravno BA N EUR 414 1673
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 the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".

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

  5. 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.

  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. Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".

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

  9. Extension of "Jaú National Park".

*: 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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