World Heritage List
1978
- Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
- Nahanni National Park (Canada) #
- Simien National Park (Ethiopia)
- Yellowstone National Park (United States of America)
1979
- Białowieża Forest (Belarus) *
- 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
- Plitvice Lakes National Park (Croatia) #
- Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal)
- Virunga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo) #
1980
- Durmitor National Park (Montenegro)
- Garamba National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Ichkeul National Park (Tunisia)
- Kahuzi-Biega National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Redwood National and State Parks (United States of America)
1981
- Darien National Park (Panama)
- Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (Senegal)
- Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
- Los Glaciares National Park (Argentina) #
- Mammoth Cave National Park (United States of America)
- Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve (Côte d'Ivoire) *
- Niokolo-Koba National Park (Senegal)
- Olympic National Park (United States of America)
- Serengeti National Park (United Republic of Tanzania)
1982
- Aldabra Atoll (Seychelles)
- Lord Howe Island Group (Australia)
- Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve (Honduras)
- Selous Game Reserve (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
1983
- Comoé National Park (Côte d'Ivoire)
- 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) #
- Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgaria)
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park (Costa Rica) *
- Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve (Seychelles)
- Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
1984
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada) # 2
- Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
- Iguazu National Park (Argentina)
- Lake Malawi National Park (Malawi)
- Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas (Zimbabwe)
- Salonga National Park (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Yosemite National Park (United States of America) #
1985
- Huascarán National Park (Peru) #
- Kaziranga National Park (India)
- Keoladeo National Park (India)
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India)
1986
- Garajonay National Park (Spain)
- Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (Australia) 3
- Iguaçu National Park (Brazil)
- Škocjan Caves (Slovenia) #
1987
- Dja Faunal Reserve (Cameroon)
- Gros Morne National Park (Canada)
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (United States of America) #
- Kilimanjaro National Park (United Republic of Tanzania)
- Manú National Park (Peru)
- Sian Ka'an (Mexico)
- Sundarbans National Park (India)
1988
- Henderson Island (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park (Central African Republic)
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks (India)
- Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka) 4
- Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia)
1989
- Banc d'Arguin National Park (Mauritania)
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls (Zambia) # *
1990
- Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand (New Zealand) 5
- Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve (Madagascar)
1991
- Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves (Niger)
- Danube Delta (Romania)
- Komodo National Park (Indonesia)
- Shark Bay, Western Australia (Australia)
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries (Thailand)
- Ujung Kulon National Park (Indonesia)
1992
1993
- Shirakami-Sanchi (Japan)
- Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park (Philippines)
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino (Mexico)
- Yakushima (Japan)
1994
- Arabian Oryx Sanctuary (Oman) Delisted 2007
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh / Naracoorte) (Australia)
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Uganda)
- Canaima National Park (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of))
- Doñana National Park (Spain)
- Ha Long Bay (Viet Nam)
- Los Katíos National Park (Colombia)
- Rwenzori Mountains National Park (Uganda)
1995
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (United States of America)
- Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst (Hungary) *
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) 6
- Messel Pit Fossil Site (Germany)
- Virgin Komi Forests (Russian Federation)
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (Canada) *
1996
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (Belize)
- Lake Baikal (Russian Federation)
- Okapi Wildlife Reserve (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Russian Federation) 7
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Benin) *
1997
- Cocos Island National Park (Costa Rica)
- Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia)
- Lake Turkana National Parks (Kenya)
- Macquarie Island (Australia)
- Morne Trois Pitons National Park (Dominica)
- Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest (Kenya)
- The Sundarbans (Bangladesh)
1998
- East Rennell (Solomon Islands)
- Golden Mountains of Altai (Russian Federation)
- New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands (New Zealand)
1999
- Area de Conservación Guanacaste (Costa Rica)
- Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves (Brazil)
- Desembarco del Granma National Park (Cuba)
- Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves (Brazil)
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa)
- Laurisilva of Madeira (Portugal)
- Lorentz National Park (Indonesia)
- Miguasha National Park (Canada)
- Península Valdés (Argentina)
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park (Philippines)
- Western Caucasus (Russian Federation)
2000
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil) 8
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve (Suriname)
- Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia)
- Gunung Mulu National Park (Malaysia)
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago (Finland) *
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks (Argentina)
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) (Italy)
- Kinabalu Park (Malaysia)
- Noel Kempff Mercado National Park (Bolivia (Plurinational State of))
- Pantanal Conservation Area (Brazil)
2001
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park (Cuba)
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves (Brazil)
- Central Sikhote-Alin (Russian Federation)
- Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks (Brazil)
- 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)
- Uvs Nuur Basin (Mongolia) *
2004
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (South Africa)
- Ilulissat Icefjord (Denmark)
- Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve (Russian Federation)
- Pitons Management Area (Saint Lucia)
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia)
2005
- Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection (Panama)
- Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex (Thailand)
- Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California (Mexico)
- Shiretoko (Japan)
- Vredefort Dome (South Africa)
- Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley) (Egypt)
- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord (Norway)
2006
2007
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Albania) *
- Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (Republic of Korea)
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar)
- South China Karst (China)
- Teide National Park (Spain)
2008
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)
- Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
- Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China)
- Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
- Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)
- Surtsey (Iceland)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Switzerland)
2009
- The Dolomites (Italy)
- Wadden Sea (Denmark) *
2010
- Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
- China Danxia (China)
- Phoenix Islands Protected Area (Kiribati)
- Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island (France)
- Putorana Plateau (Russian Federation)
2011
- Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley (Kenya)
- Ningaloo Coast (Australia)
- Ogasawara Islands (Japan)
2012
- Chengjiang Fossil Site (China)
- Lakes of Ounianga (Chad)
- Lena Pillars Nature Park (Russian Federation)
- Sangha Trinational (Cameroon) *
- Western Ghats (India)
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)
- Xinjiang Tianshan (China)
2014
- Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (India)
- Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Philippines)
- Okavango Delta (Botswana)
- Stevns Klint (Denmark)
2016
- Archipiélago de Revillagigedo (Mexico)
- Hubei Shennongjia (China)
- Lut Desert (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
- Mistaken Point (Canada)
- Sanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National Park (Sudan)
- Western Tien-Shan (Kazakhstan) *
2017
- Landscapes of Dauria (Mongolia) *
- Los Alerces National Park (Argentina)
- Qinghai Hoh Xil (China)
2018
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains (South Africa)
- Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena (France)
- Fanjingshan (China)
2019
- French Austral Lands and Seas (France)
- Hyrcanian Forests (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) (China)
- Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice (Iceland)
2021
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (Japan)
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands (Georgia)
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Republic of Korea)
- Ivindo National Park (Gabon)
- Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex (Thailand)
Notes
Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.
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)'
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.
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".
Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".
At the time the property was extended, natural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.
Extension of "Jaú National Park".
#: 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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