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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
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
1980 Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 5 VA C EUR 1,470 91
1980 Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura * 6 IT C EUR 1,470 91
1983 Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) * AR C LAC 265 275
1983 Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) * BR C LAC 265 275
1987 Frontiers of the Roman Empire * 7 DE C EUR 527 430
1987 Frontiers of the Roman Empire * 8 GB C EUR 527 430
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZM N AFR 6,860 509
1989 Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls # * ZW N AFR 6,860 509
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * CA N EUR 457,614 354
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * US N EUR 457,614 354
1997 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * FR M EUR 30,639 773
1997 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * ES M EUR 30,639 773
1998 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde * 9 PT C EUR 0 866
1998 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde * 10 ES C EUR 0 866
1999 Belfries of Belgium and France * 11 BE C EUR 0 943
1999 Belfries of Belgium and France * 12 FR C EUR 0 943
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * LS M AFR 249,313 985
2000 Maloti-Drakensberg Park * ZA M AFR 249,313 985
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * BJ C AFR 271,826 1140
2004 Koutammakou, the Land of the Batammariba * TG C AFR 271,826 1140
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * GM C AFR 10 1226
2006 Stone Circles of Senegambia * SN C AFR 10 1226
2008 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes * IT C EUR 152 1276
2008 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes * CH C EUR 152 1276
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. At the time the property was extended, cultural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.

  6. At the time the property was extended, cultural criterion (iv) was also found applicable.

  7. The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.

  8. The “Hadrian’s Wall” which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the transnational property “Frontiers of the Roman Empire”.

  9. Extension de « Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa », Portugal

  10. Extension de « Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa », Portugal

  11. The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.

  12. The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.

*: 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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