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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Simien National Park ET N AFR 13,600 9
1979 Białowieża Forest * BY N EUR 141,885 33
1979 Białowieża Forest * PL N EUR 141,885 33
1979 Grand Canyon National Park US N EUR 493,270 75
1979 Historic Cairo EG C ARB 524 89
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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 3 TZ M AFR 809,440 39
1979 Sagarmatha National Park NP N APA 124,400 120
1979 Virunga National Park # CD N AFR 800,000 63
1980 Maya Site of Copan HN C LAC 15 129
1980 Røros Mining Town and the Circumference NO C EUR 16,510 55
1981 Darien National Park PA N LAC 579,000 159
1981 Great Barrier Reef AU N APA 34,870,000 154
1981 Kakadu National Park AU M APA 1,980,995 147
1981 Mammoth Cave National Park US N EUR 21,191 150
1981 Medina of Fez MA C ARB 280 170
1981 Willandra Lakes Region AU M APA 240,000 167
1982 Aldabra Atoll SC N AFR 35,000 185
1982 Lord Howe Island Group AU N APA 146,300 186
1982 Tasmanian Wilderness AU M APA 1,584,233 181
1982 Tassili n'Ajjer # DZ M ARB 7,200,000 179
1983 Pirin National Park BG N EUR 38,350 225
1983 Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy FR C EUR 7 229
1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park * CR N LAC 570,045 205
1983 Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park * PA N LAC 570,045 205
1984 Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks # 4 CA N EUR 2,360,000 304
1984 Chitwan National Park NP N APA 93,200 284
1984 Lake Malawi National Park MW N AFR 9,400 289
1985 Rock Art of Alta NO C EUR 54 352
1986 Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd GB C EUR 6 374
1986 Durham Castle and Cathedral GB C EUR 9 370
1986 Ironbridge Gorge GB C EUR 548 371
1986 St Kilda GB M EUR 24,201 387
1986 Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites GB C EUR 4,985 373
1986 Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey GB C EUR 310 372
1987 Blenheim Palace GB C EUR 0 425
1987 Brasilia BR C LAC 11,269 445
1987 Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue HU C EUR 473 400
1987 City of Bath GB C EUR 2,900 428
1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park # US N EUR 87,940 409
1987 Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang CN C APA 85 439
1987 Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church GB C EUR 10 426
1987 Piazza del Duomo, Pisa IT C EUR 9 395
1987 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 5 AU M APA 132,566 447
1988 Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine's Abbey, and St Martin's Church GB C EUR 18 496
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 Andrefana Dry Forests MG N AFR 734,298 494
1990 Kyiv: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra UA C EUR 29 527
1990 Mount Huangshan CN M APA 16,060 547
1990 Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand 6 NZ N APA 2,600,000 551
1990 Tongariro National Park # NZ M APA 79,596 421
1991 Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves NE N AFR 7,736,000 573
1991 Komodo National Park ID N APA 219,322 609
1991 Serra da Capivara National Park BR C LAC 130,600 606
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
1992 Butrint AL C EUR 0 570
1992 Cultural and Historic Ensemble of the Solovetsky Islands RU C EUR 28,834 632
1992 Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 72,000 637
1992 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System # DE C EUR 1,010 623
1992 Taos Pueblo US C EUR 19 492
1992 Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area CN N APA 26,400 640
1993 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain ES C EUR 0 669
1993 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera IT C EUR 1,016 670
1994 Doñana National Park ES N EUR 54,252 685
1995 Cultural Landscape of Sintra PT C EUR 946 723
1995 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama JP C APA 68 734
1995 Town of Luang Prabang LA C APA 820 479
1996 Canal du Midi FR C EUR 2,007 770
1996 Laponian Area SE M EUR 940,900 774
1996 Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape CZ C EUR 14,320 763
1997 Archaeological Area of Agrigento IT C EUR 934 831
1997 Classical Gardens of Suzhou CN C APA 12 813
1997 Historic Centre of Riga LV C EUR 438 852
1997 Maritime Greenwich GB C EUR 110 795
1997 Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest KE N AFR 202,334 800
1997 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * FR M EUR 30,639 773
1997 Pyrénées - Mont Perdu * ES M EUR 30,639 773
1998 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula IT C EUR 159,110 842
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 Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves BR N LAC 468,193 893
1999 Dazu Rock Carvings CN C APA 20 912
1999 Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park PH N APA 22,202 652
2000 Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz DE C EUR 11,891 534
2000 Gunung Mulu National Park MY N APA 52,864 1013
2000 Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu JP C APA 55 972
2000 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * FI N EUR 336,900 898
2000 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago * SE N EUR 336,900 898
2000 Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties CN C APA 3,435 1004
2000 Longmen Grottoes CN C APA 331 1003
2000 Monastic Island of Reichenau DE C EUR 0 974
2000 Palmeral of Elche ES C EUR 144 930
2000 The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes 7 FR C EUR 86,021 933
2000 Wachau Cultural Landscape AT C EUR 18,462 970
2001 Aranjuez Cultural Landscape ES C EUR 2,048 1044
2001 Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves BR N LAC 43,270 1000
2001 Central Sikhote-Alin RU N EUR 1,566,818 766
2001 Historic Centre of Vienna AT C EUR 371 1033
2003 Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) IQ C ARB 70 1130
2003 Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park VN N APA 123,326 951
2003 Quebrada de Humahuaca AR C LAC 172,116 1116
2003 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew GB C EUR 132 1084
2003 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas CN N APA 0 1083
2004 Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture PT C EUR 987 1117
2004 Luis Barragán House and Studio MX C LAC 0 1136
2004 Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley AD C EUR 4,247 1160
2004 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski * DE C EUR 352 1127
2004 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski * PL C EUR 352 1127
2004 Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra ID N APA 2,595,124 1167
2004 Val d'Orcia IT C EUR 61,188 1026
2004 Vegaøyan – The Vega Archipelago NO C EUR 107,294 1143
2005 Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection PA N LAC 270,125 1138
2005 Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex TH N APA 615,500 590
2005 Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev IL C EUR 6,655 1107
2005 Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California MX N LAC 688,558 1182
2005 Vredefort Dome ZA N AFR 30,000 1162
2005 West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord NO N EUR 122,712 1195
2006 Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman OM C ARB 1,456 1207
2006 Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila MX C LAC 35,019 1209
2006 Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape GB C EUR 19,719 1215
2006 Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din SY C ARB 9 1229
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * AL N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * AT N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * BE N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * BA N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * BG N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * HR N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * CZ N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * FR N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * DE N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * IT N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * MK N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * PL N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * RO N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * SK N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * SI N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * ES N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * CH N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe * UA N EUR 99,948 1133
2007 Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda GA M AFR 511,991 1147
2007 Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape AZ C EUR 537 1076
2007 South China Karst CN N APA 97,125 1248
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
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
2009 Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande CV C AFR 209 1310
2009 Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal GB C EUR 105 1303
2009 The Dolomites IT N EUR 141,903 1237
2010 Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site MH C APA 73,500 1339
2010 Camino Real de Tierra Adentro MX C LAC 3,102 1351
2010 China Danxia CN N APA 82,151 1335
2010 Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong KR C APA 600 1324
2010 Putorana Plateau RU N EUR 1,887,251 1234
2010 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht NL C EUR 198 1349
2011 Ancient Villages of Northern Syria SY C ARB 12,290 1348
2011 Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia CO C LAC 141,120 1121
2011 Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana ES C EUR 30,745 1371
2011 Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas) AE C ARB 4,945 1343
2011 Ningaloo Coast AU N APA 705,015 1369
2011 Ogasawara Islands JP N APA 7,939 1362
2011 Saloum Delta SN C AFR 145,811 1359
2011 The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape FR C EUR 302,319 1153
2011 The Persian Garden IR C APA 716 1372
2011 West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou CN C APA 3,323 1334
2012 Bassari Country: Bassari, Fula and Bedik Cultural Landscapes SN C AFR 50,309 1407
2012 Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy ID C APA 19,520 1194
2012 Landscape of Grand Pré CA C EUR 1,323 1404
2012 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin FR C EUR 3,943 1360
2012 Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea BR C LAC 7,249 1100
2012 Site of Xanadu CN C APA 25,131 1389
2013 El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve MX N LAC 714,566 1410
2013 Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany IT C EUR 125 175
2013 Namib Sand Sea NA N AFR 3,077,700 1430
2013 Xinjiang Tianshan CN N APA 606,833 1414
2014 Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area IN N APA 90,540 1406
2014 Pyu Ancient Cities MM C APA 5,809 1444
2014 Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System * AR C LAC 3,643 1459
2014 Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System * BO C LAC 3,643 1459
2014 Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System * CL C LAC 3,643 1459
2014 Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System * CO C LAC 3,643 1459
2014 Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System * EC C LAC 3,643 1459
2014 Qhapaq Ñan, Andean Road System * PE C LAC 3,643 1459
2014 Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor * CN C APA 42,668 1442
2014 Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor * KZ C APA 42,668 1442
2014 Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor * KG C APA 42,668 1442
2014 The Grand Canal CN C APA 20,819 1443
2014 Trang An Landscape Complex VN M APA 6,226 1438
2014 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato IT C EUR 10,789 1390
2015 Moravian Church Settlements * DK C EUR 0 1468
2015 Moravian Church Settlements * DE C EUR 0 1468
2015 Moravian Church Settlements * GB C EUR 0 1468
2015 Moravian Church Settlements * US C EUR 0 1468
2015 The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy FR C EUR 13,219 1425
2015 The par force hunting landscape in North Zealand DK C EUR 4,543 1469
2016 Khangchendzonga National Park IN M APA 178,400 1513
2016 Pampulha Modern Ensemble BR C LAC 154 1493
2016 The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities IQ M ARB 211,544 1481
2016 Western Tien-Shan * KZ N APA 528,178 1490
2016 Western Tien-Shan * KG N APA 528,178 1490
2016 Western Tien-Shan * UZ N APA 528,178 1490
2017 Kujataa Greenland: Norse and Inuit Farming at the Edge of the Ice Cap DK C EUR 35 1536
2017 Landscapes of Dauria * MN N APA 912,624 1448
2017 Landscapes of Dauria * RU N EUR 912,624 1448
2017 Los Alerces National Park AR N LAC 188,379 1526
2017 Qinghai Hoh Xil CN N APA 3,735,632 1540
2017 Taputapuātea FR C EUR 2,124 1529
2017 The English Lake District GB C EUR 229,205 422
2018 Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea DK C EUR 417,800 1557
2018 Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena FR N EUR 24,223 1434
2018 Chiribiquete National Park – “The Maloca of the Jaguar” CO M LAC 2,782,354 1174
2018 Fanjingshan CN N APA 40,275 1559
2018 Pimachiowin Aki CA M EUR 2,904,000 1415
2018 Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea KR C APA 55 1562
2018 Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica MX M LAC 145,255 1534
2019 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region * CZ C EUR 6,834 1478
2019 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region * DE C EUR 6,834 1478
2019 French Austral Lands and Seas FR N EUR 166,267,100 1603
2019 Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene IT C EUR 20,334 1571
2019 Paraty and Ilha Grande – Culture and Biodiversity BR M LAC 173,164 1308
2019 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice IS N EUR 1,482,000 1604
2021 Colonies of Benevolence * BE C EUR 2,012 1555
2021 Colonies of Benevolence * NL C EUR 2,012 1555
2021 Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats KR N APA 128,411 1591
2021 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt DE C EUR 5 1614
2021 Sítio Roberto Burle Marx BR C LAC 41 1620
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * AT C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * BE C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * CZ C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * FR C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * DE C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * IT C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Great Spa Towns of Europe * GB C EUR 7,018 1613
2021 The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales GB C EUR 3,259 1633
2023 ‘Uruq Bani Ma’arid SA N ARB 1,276,500 1699
2023 Cultural Landscape of Khinalig People and “Köç Yolu” Transhumance Route AZ C EUR 44,829 1696
2023 Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939 LT C EUR 455 1661
2023 Santiniketan IN C APA 36 1375
2023 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor * TJ C APA 670 1675
2023 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor * TM C APA 670 1675
2023 Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor * UZ C APA 670 1675
2023 Talayotic Menorca ES C EUR 3,527 1528
2023 Viking-Age Ring Fortresses DK C EUR 51 1660
2023 Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops CZ C EUR 592 1558
2024 Badain Jaran Desert - Towers of Sand and Lakes CN N APA 726,291 1638
2024 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – Dacia RO C EUR 1,492 1718
2024 Lençóis Maranhenses National Park BR N LAC 156,562 1611
2024 Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia ET C AFR 0 13
2024 Schwerin Residence Ensemble DE C EUR 2,276 1705
2024 Te Henua Enata – The Marquesas Islands FR M EUR 345,749 1707
Notes
  1. Extension of the "Glacier Bay/Wrangell/St Elias/Kluane" property.

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

  3. (renomination under cultural criteria)

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

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

  6. 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".

  7. The "Chateau and Estate of Chambord", which was previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the "Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes".

*: 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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