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Natural
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Mixed
Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1978 Yellowstone National Park US N EUR 898,349 28
1979 Everglades National Park US N EUR 567,017 76
1979 Grand Canyon National Park US N EUR 493,270 75
1979 Kluane / Wrangell-St. Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek # * 1 US N EUR 9,839,121 72
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
1984 Yosemite National Park # US N EUR 307,934 308
1987 Hawaii Volcanoes National Park # US N EUR 87,940 409
1995 Carlsbad Caverns National Park US N EUR 18,926 721
1995 Waterton Glacier International Peace Park * US N EUR 457,614 354
Notes

  1. 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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