UNESCO World Heritage List/Natural Sites

Introduction

There are 180 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List inscribed for their natural worth, as well as 27 sites which were inscribed for their natural and cultural worth.

Africa

Algeria

• Tassili n'Ajjer

Cameroon

• Dja Faunal Reserve

Central African Republic

• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
• Taï National Park
• Comoé National Park

Democratic Republic of Congo

• Virunga National Park
• Kahuzi-Biega National Park
• Garamba National Park
• Salonga National Park
• Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Egypt

• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Ethiopia

• Simien National Park

Gabon

• Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda

Guinea

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve

Kenya

• Lake Turkana National Parks
• Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

Madagascar

• Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve
• Rainforests of the Atsinanana

Malawi

• Lake Malawi National Park

Mali

• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons)

Mauritania

• Banc d'Arguin National Park

Niger

• Air and Ténéré Natural Reserves
• W National Park of Niger

Réunion

• Pitons, Cirques and Remparts of Reunion Island

Senegal

• Niokolo-Koba National Park
• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary

Seychelles

• Aldabra Atoll
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

South Africa

• iSimangaliso Wetland Park
• uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
• Vredefort Dome

Tanzania

• Ngorongoro Conservation Area
• Serengeti National Park
• Selous Game Reserve
• Kilimanjaro National Park

Tunisia

• Ichkeul National Park

Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Zambia

• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

• Mana Pools National Park, Sapi and Chewore Safari Areas
• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

Asia

Bangladesh

• The Sundarbans

China

• Mount Taishan
• Mount Huangshan
• Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
• Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area
• Mount Wuyi
• Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
• Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains
• South China Karst
• Mount Sanqingshan National Park
• China Danxia

India

• Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
• Kaziranga National Park
• Keoladeo National Park
• Sundarbans National Park
• Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks

Indonesia

• Komodo National Park
• Ujung Kulon National Park
• Lorentz National Park
• Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra

Japan

• Shirakami-Sanchi
• Yakushima
• Shiretoko

Kazakhstan

• Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan

Malaysia

• Gunung Mulu National Park
• Kinabalu Park

Mongolia

• Uvs Nuur Basin

Nepal

• Sagarmatha National Park
• Royal Chitwan National Park

Philippines

• Tubbataha Reef Marine Park
• Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park

South Korea

• Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Sri Lanka

• Sinharaja Forest Reserve
• Central Highlands of Sri Lanka

Thailand

• Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries
• Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex

Vietnam

• Ha Long Bay
• Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park

Caribbean

Cuba

• Desembarco del Granma National Park
• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Dominica

• Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Saint Lucia

• Pitons Management Area

Central America

Belize

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Costa Rica

• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
• Cocos Island National Park
• Area de Conservación Guanacaste

Guatemala

• Tikal National Park

Honduras

• Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Panama

• Darien National Park
• Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park
• Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection

Europe

Belarus

• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest

Bulgaria

• Pirin National Park
• Srebarna Nature Reserve

Croatia

• Plitvice Lakes National Park

Denmark

• Ilulissat Icefjord

Finland

• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago

France

• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems

Germany

• Messel Pit Fossil Site
• Wadden Sea

Greece

• Meteora
• Mount Athos

Hungary

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Iceland

• Surtsey

Italy

• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)

Montenegro

• Durmitor National Park

Netherlands

• Wadden Sea

Norway

• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Poland

• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest

Portugal

• Laurisilva of Madeira

Romania

• Danube Delta

Russian Federation

• Virgin Komi Forests
• Lake Baikal
• Volcanoes of Kamchatka
• Golden Mountains of Altai
• Western Caucasus
• Central Sikhote-Alin
• Uvs Nuur Basin
• Natural System of Wrangel Island Reserve
• Putorana Plateau

Slovakia

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians

Slovenia

• Škocjan Caves

Spain

• Garajonay National Park
• Doñana National Park
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
• Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
• Teide National Park

Sweden

• Laponian Area
• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago

Switzerland

• Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
• Monte San Giorgio
• Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

Macedonia

• Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region

Turkey

• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale

Ukraine

• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians

United Kingdom

• Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast
• St Kilda
• Henderson Island
• Gough and Inaccessible Islands
• Dorset and East Devon Coast

Middle East

Yemen

• Socotra Archipelago

North America

Canada

• Nahanni National Park
• Dinosaur Provincial Park
• Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
• Wood Buffalo National Park
• Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
• Gros Morne National Park
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
• Miguasha National Park
• Joggins Fossil Cliffs

Mexico

• Sian Ka'an
• Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
• Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
• Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

United States of America

• Yellowstone National Park
• Everglades National Park
• Grand Canyon National Park
• Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek
• Redwood National and State Parks
• Mammoth Cave National Park
• Olympic National Park
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
• Yosemite National Park
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
• Papahānaumokuākea

Oceania

Australia

• Great Barrier Reef
• Kakadu National Park
• Willandra Lakes Region
• Lord Howe Island Group
• Tasmanian Wilderness
• Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
• Wet Tropics of Queensland
• Shark Bay, Western Australia
• Fraser Island
• Australian Fossil Mammal Sites ([Riversleigh / Naracoorte)
• Heard and McDonald Islands
• Macquarie Island
• Greater Blue Mountains Area
• Purnululu National Park

Kiribati

• Phoenix Islands Protected Area

New Zealand

• Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
• Tongariro National Park
• New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands

Solomon Islands

• East Rennell

South America

Argentina

• Los Glaciares
• Iguazu National Park
• Península Valdés
• Ischigualasto / Talampaya Natural Parks

Bolivia

• Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

Brazil

• Iguaçu National Park
• Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves
• Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
• Central Amazon Conservation Complex
• Pantanal Conservation Area
• Brazilian Atlantic Islands: Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas Reserves
• Cerrado Protected Areas: Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National Parks

Colombia

• Los Katíos National Park
• Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

Ecuador

• Galápagos Islands
• Sangay National Park

Peru

• Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
• Huascarán National Park
• Manú National Park
• Río Abiseo National Park

Suriname

• Central Suriname Nature Reserve

Venezuela

• Canaima National Park