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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1979 Everglades National Park US N EUR 567,017 76
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 Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae EG C ARB 374 88
1980 Historic Town of Ouro Preto BR C LAC 168 124
1981 Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta PK C APA 0 143
1982 Aldabra Atoll SC N AFR 35,000 185
1982 Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda BR C LAC 191 189
1985 Petra JO C ARB 26,171 326
1986 St Kilda GB M EUR 24,201 387
1987 Brasilia BR C LAC 11,269 445
1987 Sian Ka'an MX N LAC 528,000 410
1991 Serra da Capivara National Park BR C LAC 130,600 606
1993 Humayun's Tomb, Delhi IN C APA 27 232
1994 Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago VN N APA 65,650 672
1996 Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System BZ N LAC 96,300 764
1997 Historic Centre of São Luís BR C LAC 67 821
1997 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy IT C EUR 371 823
1998 Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) LB C ARB 1,720 850
1999 Historic Centre of the Town of Diamantina BR C LAC 29 890
1999 iSimangaliso Wetland Park ZA N AFR 239,566 914
1999 Península Valdés AR N LAC 360,000 937
2005 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California MX N LAC 688,558 1182
2008 Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems FR N EUR 1,574,300 1115
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 Papahānaumokuākea US M EUR 36,207,499 1326
2010 Phoenix Islands Protected Area KI N APA 40,825,000 1325
2013 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration JP C APA 20,702 1418
2016 Archipiélago de Revillagigedo MX N LAC 636,685 1510
2019 Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity BR M LAC 173,164 1308
Notes

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

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

*: 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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Cultural Natural Mixed

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Cultural Natural Mixed

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