IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Below, you can find all 222 natural and mixed World Heritage sites in alphabetical order. To learn more about each site or country, click on the links for detailed information from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

You can also search the sites geographically through the World Database on Protected Areas, using ProtectedPlanet.net.

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Argentina

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

Algeria

• Tassili n'Ajjer (mixed)

Australia

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

Bangladesh

• The Sundarbans

Belarus

• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest

Belize

• Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

• 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

Bulgaria

• Pirin National Park
• Srebarna Nature Reserve
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Cameroon

• Dja Faunal Reserve
• Sangha Trinational

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

Central African Republic

• Manovo-Gounda St Floris National Park
• Sangha Trinational

Chad

• Lakes of Ounianga

China

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

Colombia

• Los Katíos National Park
• Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary

Congo

• Sangha Trinational

Costa Rica

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

Côte d'Ivoire

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

Croatia

• Plitvice Lakes National Park

Cuba

• Desembarco del Granma National Park
• Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Denmark

• Ilulissat Icefjord

Dominica

• Morne Trois Pitons National Park

Ecuador

• Galápagos Islands
• Sangay National Park

Egypt

• Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

Ethiopia

• Simien National Park
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Finland

• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago

France

• Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
• Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems
• Pitons, cirques and remparts of Reunion Island
• Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (mixed)

Gabon

• Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (mixed)

Germany

• Messel Pit Fossil Site
• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
• The Wadden Sea

Greece

• Meteora (mixed)
• Mount Athos (mixed)

Guatemala

• Tikal National Park (mixed)

Guinea

• Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve
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Honduras

• Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Hungary

• Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst

Iceland

• Surtsey

India

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

Indonesia

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

Italy

• Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
• Monte San Giorgio
• The Dolomites
• Mount Etna
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Jordan

• Wadi Rum Protected Area (mixed)

Japan

• Ogasawara Islands
• Shirakami-Sanchi
• Shiretoko
• Yakushima

Kazakhstan

• Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan

Kenya

• Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
• Lake Turkana National Parks
• Mount Kenya National Park/Natural Forest

Kiribati

• Phoenix Islands Protected Area

Korea, Republic of

• Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes

Lesotho

• Maloti-Drakensberg Park (mixed)
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Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)

• Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region (mixed)

Madagascar

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

Malawi

• Lake Malawi National Park

Malaysia

• Gunung Mulu National Park
• Kinabalu Park

Mali

• Cliff of Bandiagara (Land of the Dogons) (mixed)

Mauritania

• Banc d'Arguin National Park

Mexico

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

Mongolia

• Uvs Nuur Basin

Montenegro

• Durmitor National Park

Namibia

• Namib Sand Sea

Nepal

• Chitwan National Park
• Sagarmatha National Park

Netherlands

• The Wadden Sea

New Zealand

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

Niger

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

Norway

• West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord

Oman

• Arabian Oryx Sanctuary Delisted 2007
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Palau

• Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (mixed)

Panama

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

Peru

• Historic Sanctuary of Machu PicchuHuascarán National Park
• Manú National Park
• Río Abiseo National Park (mixed)

Philippines

• Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
• Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park

Poland

• Belovezhskaya Pushcha / Białowieża Forest

Portugal

• Laurisilva of Madeira

Romania

• Danube Delta

Russian Federation

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

• Pitons Management Area

Senegal

• Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
• Niokolo-Koba National Park

Seychelles

• Aldabra Atoll
• Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve

Slovakia

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

Slovenia

• Škocjan Caves

Solomon Islands

• East Rennell

South Africa

• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park
• Maloti-Drakensberg Park (mixed)
• Vredefort Dome

Spain

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

Sri Lanka

• Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
• Sinharaja Forest Reserve

Suriname

• Central Suriname Nature Reserve

Sweden

• High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
• Laponian Area (mixed)
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Switzerland

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

• Tajik National Park (Mountains of the Pamirs)

Tanzania, United Republic of

• Kilimanjaro National Park
• Ngorongoro Conservation Area (mixed)
• Selous Game Reserve
• Serengeti National Park

Thailand

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

Tunisia

• Ichkeul National Park

Turkey

• Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia (mixed)
• Hierapolis-Pamukkale (mixed)
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Uganda

• Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Rwenzori Mountains National Park

Ukraine

• Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

United States of America

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

• Canaima National Park

Viet Nam

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

Yemen

• Socotra Archipelago

Zambia

• Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls

Zimbabwe

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