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In Danger
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Cultural
35
Natural
10
Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1979 Sagarmatha National Park NP N APA 124,400 120
1981 Great Barrier Reef AU N APA 34,870,000 154
1981 Kakadu National Park AU M APA 1,980,995 147
1982 Lord Howe Island Group AU N APA 146,300 186
1982 Tasmanian Wilderness AU M APA 1,584,233 181
1984 Chitwan National Park NP N APA 93,200 284
1985 Manas Wildlife Sanctuary IN N APA 39,100 338
1987 Mount Taishan CN M APA 25,000 437
1987 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 1 AU M APA 132,566 447
1988 Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks IN N APA 71,210 335
1988 Wet Tropics of Queensland AU N APA 893,453 486
1990 Mount Huangshan CN M APA 16,060 547
1990 Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand 2 NZ N APA 2,600,000 551
1990 Tongariro National Park # NZ M APA 79,596 421
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 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park PH N APA 96,828 653
1993 Yakushima JP N APA 10,747 662
1994 Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago VN N APA 65,650 672
1997 Macquarie Island AU N APA 557,280 629
1999 Mount Wuyi CN M APA 107,044 911
1999 Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park PH N APA 22,202 652
2000 Gunung Mulu National Park MY N APA 52,864 1013
2003 Purnululu National Park AU N APA 239,723 1094
2003 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas CN N APA 0 1083
2004 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra ID N APA 2,595,124 1167
2007 Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes KR N APA 9,522 1264
2007 South China Karst CN N APA 97,125 1248
2008 Mount Sanqingshan National Park CN N APA 22,950 1292
2010 China Danxia CN N APA 82,151 1335
2010 Phoenix Islands Protected Area KI N APA 40,825,000 1325
2011 Ningaloo Coast AU N APA 705,015 1369
2012 Rock Islands Southern Lagoon PW M APA 100,200 1386
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 Trang An Landscape Complex VN M APA 6,226 1438
2016 Khangchendzonga National Park IN M APA 178,400 1513
2016 Lut Desert IR N APA 2,278,015 1505
2017 Qinghai Hoh Xil CN N APA 3,735,632 1540
Notes

  1. Renomination of "Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park" under cultural criteria.

  2. 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".

#: 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

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Cultural Natural Mixed

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