World Heritage List
1978
- Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
- Nahanni National Park (Canada) #
- Yellowstone National Park (United States of America)
1979
- Dinosaur Provincial Park (Canada)
- Everglades National Park (United States of America)
- Grand Canyon National Park (United States of America)
- Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (Canada) # * 1
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area (United Republic of Tanzania) 2
- Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia) #
- Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) #
1980
- Durmitor National Park (Montenegro)
1981
- Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
- Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina) #
- Mammoth Cave National Park (United States of America)
- Willandra Lakes Region (Australia)
1982
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
- Tasmanian Wilderness (Australia)
- Tassili n'Ajjer (Algeria) #
1983
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (United States of America)
- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (France) #
- Pirin National Park (Bulgaria)
- Sangay National Park (Ecuador) #
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica) *
- Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (Seychelles)
1984
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada) # 3
- Yosemite National Park (United States of America) #
1985
- Huascarán National Park (Peru) #
1986
- Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (Australia) 4
- Škocjan Caves (Slovenia) #
1987
- Gros Morne National Park (Canada)
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (United States of America) #
- Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Australia) 5
1988
- Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia)
1989
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zambia) # *
1990
- Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (New Zealand) 6
- Tongariro National Park (New Zealand) #
1991
- Shark Bay, Western Australia (Australia)
1992
- K’gari (Fraser Island) (Australia)
1994
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (Australia)
- Canaima National Park (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of))
- Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (Viet Nam)
1995
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (United States of America)
- Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (Hungary) *
- Messel Pit Fossil Site (Germany)
1996
- Lake Baikal (Russian Federation)
- Laponian Area (Sweden)
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation) 7
1997
- Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)
- Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya)
- Macquarie Island (Australia)
- Morne Trois Pitons National Park (Dominica)
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (France) *
1999
- Desembarco del Granma National Park (Cuba)
- Lorentz National Park (Indonesia)
- Miguasha National Park (Canada)
2000
- Gunung Mulu National Park (Malaysia)
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) *
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentina)
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (Italy)
2001
- Dorset and East Devon Coast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Switzerland)
2003
- Monte San Giorgio (Italy) *
- Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park (Viet Nam)
- Purnululu National Park (Australia)
- Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas (China)
2004
- Ilulissat Icefjord (Denmark)
- Pitons Management Area (Saint Lucia)
2005
- Vredefort Dome (South Africa)
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (Egypt)
- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (Norway)
2007
- Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (Republic of Korea)
- South China Karst (China)
- Teide National Park (Spain)
2008
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland)
2009
- The Dolomites (Italy)
- Wadden Sea (Denmark) *
2010
- China Danxia (China)
- Papahānaumokuākea (United States of America)
2012
- Chengjiang Fossil Site (China)
- Lena Pillars Nature Park (Russian Federation)
2013
- El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
- Mount Etna (Italy)
- Namib Sand Sea (Namibia)
- Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs) (Tajikistan)
2014
- Stevns Klint (Denmark)
- Trang An Landscape Complex (Viet Nam)
2016
- Lut Desert (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
- Mistaken Point (Canada)
2018
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa)
- Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena (France)
2019
2023
2024
Notes
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
(renomination under cultural criteria)
The "Burgess Shale" property, which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks".
Extension of the "Australian East Coast Temperate and Subtropical Rainforest Park".
name changed 2007 from 'Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves (Australia)'
Renomination of "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park" under cultural criteria.
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".
At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
#: 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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Cultural Natural Mixed
Cultural Natural Mixed
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