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Natural
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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 Dinosaur Provincial Park CA N EUR 7,825 71
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 Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region * 3 AL M EUR 94,729 99
1979 Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region * 4 MK M EUR 94,729 99
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 Wood Buffalo National Park CA N EUR 4,480,000 256
1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks # 5 CA N EUR 2,360,000 304
1984 Yosemite National Park # US N EUR 307,934 308
1985 Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia TR M EUR 9,884 357
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
1986 St Kilda GB M EUR 24,201 387
1987 Gros Morne National Park CA N EUR 180,500 419
1988 Henderson Island GB N EUR 3,700 487
1988 Hierapolis-Pamukkale TR M EUR 1,077 485
1988 Meteora GR M EUR 272 455
1988 Mount Athos GR M EUR 33,042 454
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 Gough and Inaccessible Islands 6 GB N EUR 7,900 740
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 Laponian Area SE M EUR 940,900 774
1996 Volcanoes of Kamchatka 7 RU N EUR 3,995,769 765
1997 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * FR M EUR 30,639 773
1997 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * ES M EUR 30,639 773
2001 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch CH N EUR 82,400 1037
2004 Ilulissat Icefjord DK N EUR 399,800 1149
2005 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord NO N EUR 122,712 1195
2007 Teide National Park ES N EUR 18,990 1258
2008 Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems FR N EUR 1,574,300 1115
2009 The Dolomites IT N EUR 141,903 1237
2010 Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island FR N EUR 105,838 1317
2010 Putorana Plateau RU N EUR 1,887,251 1234
2019 French Austral Lands and Seas FR N EUR 166,267,100 1603
Notes

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

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

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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

  6. Extension of "Gough Island Wildlife Reserve".

  7. 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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